Error message- cannot create PDF from Word doc

All of a sudden I cannot create a PDF from a Word doc. I click the Adobe icon and get the following error message:
"PDFMaker could not locate the Adobe PDF printer. Please install the printer on this machine."
I opened my print & fax in System Utilities and see that Adobe PDF 7.0 printer is listed. I select that in the Print Dialog, go back to the Word doc, but get the same error message. Any idea how I can fix this?
Thank you--

What versions of WORD. Is your AAX updated, or still running 10.0.0? What OS? Can you print to the Adobe PDF printer (i.e., is it just with PDF Maker that you are not successful). If it is a problem with PDF Maker, can you see the Adobe menu in WORD? As you may see, saying you cannot create a PDF from WORD does not tell us much and we need a lot more info to help.

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