Creating acrobat 9.1 PDF mailmerge documents from Word 2007

When I try to use the mail merge PDF feature of Acrobat 9.1, with a Word 2007 document I get the following error message:
PDF maker cannot locate the Adobe PDF printer's printer driver. Please reinstall Adobe Acrobat 9.1
I am running Windows Vista.
Tee

No,I have not been able to get any more information. I do know that reinstalling Acrobat 9.1 Professional did not solve the problem.

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