Acrobat PDF Maker -- Mail Merge (WORD 10)

I am mail merging from a three tab excel. While using the second tab to drive the merge I selected "Automatically send...by email" however, the "To:" field does not tie to the excel tab I am working from. (just sent a bunch of emails to the wrong folks and needed recall...) How do I drive the "To" field from my desired tab and column?

Sorry, I don't understand how your question is related to Adobe Reader.

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PDF Maker Mail Merge error

I have Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and Office 2007 operating on Windows XP SP3.
I have been using a Mail Merge word doc for sending out mulitple documents as attachments on emails.
I have tried to use the Merge to Adobe PDF option and the Mail Merge under the Adobe menu and get the same response on both options:
"Word experienced a serious problem with the 'acrobat pdfmaker office com addin' add-in. If you have seen this message multiple times, you should disable this add-in and check to see if an update is available. Do you want to disable this add-in?"
Any suggestions?

I'm sure glad someone seems to be having success finding work arounds...
I'm running Vista SP1, Office 2007 SP1, Acrobat Standard 8.1.5
I am trying to merge a newletter with an address list to PDF files which I then bulk send to print because I get labeled and stapled mail ready documents as output. The source merge file is DOC (2003 compatible) and I have tried saving it as a DOCx file as well.
Very mixed results with no rhyme or reason... frequently end with the ""Word experienced a serious problem with the 'acrobat pdfmaker office com addin' add-in..."
I find no weird characters to remove, running the review feature first didn't help...
This is not the first time I have used this process, nor the first time I've had this issue... Please Find Us Help!
Today's list has 106 names and addresses on it.
I try to merge the entire list... error, Serious prob... disable, No; Serious prob... disable, No; Word auto saved changes to NORMAL.DOT, Load it? No; Exit Word, Save Changes to DOC, NO; Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 1 - 5 ... success, Exit Word, Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 6 - 20 ... success, Exit Word, Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 21 - 40 ... success, Exit Word, Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 41 - 60 ... error, Serious prob... disable, No; Serious prob... disable, No; Word auto saved changes to NORMAL.DOT, Load it? No; Exit Word, Save Changes to DOC, NO; Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 41 - 50 ... error, Serious prob... disable, No; Serious prob... disable, No; Word auto saved changes to NORMAL.DOT, Load it? No; Exit Word, Save Changes to DOC, NO; Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 41 - 45 ... success, Exit Word, Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 46 - 50 ... success (guess it's not something in the merge data)
- Realize that between each merge operation, I exit word and reload the document because I've never gotten a second attempt to go otherwise)
- I watch memory (always at least 50% of system available, stable use by WINWORD.EXE and Acrodist.exe during the operation), processor (busy, never pegged, combine WORD and Acrodist never more than aprox 55% of utilization), over 50G of disk available
I merge records 51 - 80 ... error, Serious prob... disable, No; Serious prob... disable, No; Word auto saved changes to NORMAL.DOT, Load it? No; Exit Word, Save Changes to DOC, NO; Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 51 - 60 ... success, Exit Word, Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 61 - 80 ... error, Serious prob... disable, No; Serious prob... disable, No; Word auto saved changes to NORMAL.DOT, Load it? No; Exit Word, Save Changes to DOC, NO; Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 61 - 70 ... error, Serious prob... disable, No; Serious prob... disable, No; Word auto saved changes to NORMAL.DOT, Load it? No; Exit Word, Save Changes to DOC, NO; Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 61 - 65 ... success, Exit Word, Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 66 - 80 ... success, Exit Word, Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 81 - 100 ... error, Serious prob... disable, No; Serious prob... disable, No; Word auto saved changes to NORMAL.DOT, Load it? No; Exit Word, Save Changes to DOC, NO; Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 81 - 100 ... success (no exit / reopen)
I merge records 101 - 106 ... error, Serious prob... disable, No; Serious prob... disable, No; Word auto saved changes to NORMAL.DOT, Load it? No; Exit Word, Save Changes to DOC, NO; Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 101 - 106 ... error, Serious prob... disable, No; Serious prob... disable, No; Word auto saved changes to NORMAL.DOT, Load it? No; Exit Word, Save Changes to DOC, NO; Reopen Merge DOC
I merge records 101 - 106 ... success, Exit Word, Reopen Merge DOC (think about drinking and using labels in the future)
delete all pages from merge doc except for mailing page, Save As test, Exit Work, Reopen TEST.DOC, retry stipped down document
I merge records ALL ... success, Exit Word
So is document size?

Acrobat PDF Makerの不具合?

今現在、以下の状況で使用しています。
Mac 10.5
Acrobat 7.0 Pro
Illustrator CS2
MS Office:Mac
さて今回の相談は、上記のアプリケーションにてPDFファイルの作成を試みましたがうまくいきませんでしたので、問題点もしくは改善策を教えていただきたく思います。
　まずイラレの場合、［ファイル］／［別名で保存］を選択しダイアログボックスにてファイル形式をPDFに選択すれば問題なく作成できるのですが、［ファイル］／［プリント］でAdobe PDFプリンタ（仮想プリンタ）を選択し実行しても作成できませんでした。というのも、プリントキューを開きモニターしているとジョブが常に一時停止の状態なのがわかります。［ジョブの再開］ボタンを押してもすぐに停止に切り替わります。従ってジョブが完了されません。
　またOffice Wordでドキュメントを作成し、一発で作成できる［PDFに変換］ボタンを押します。すると自動的に仮想プリンタのAcrobat PDF Makerが立ち上がりますが、これも完了できず進捗状況９０％のところでアイドリングが続きます。
　いずれの症状を鑑みても仮想プリンタに不具合があるのではないかと自分では思ってしまっているのですがいかがでしょうか。それともそもそもMac OS 10.5とAcrobat 7.0 Proとの組み合わせがまずいのでしょうか。自分では判断がつきかねます。どうかご教示願います。

気になる点があるので。
＞イラレの場合、［ファイル］／［別名で保存］を選択しダイアログボックスにて
＞ファイル形式をPDFに選択すれば問題なく作成できるのですが
Illustrator のファイル保存でPDF形式を選んでPDF化する機能は、llustratorが単体で持っている機能であってAcrobatとは無関係のはず。
llustrator単体のヘルプにPDF保存の方法が書かれているのでは？ヘルプで調べることはしていますか？
Illustrator CS3 ： Adobe PDF ファイルの作成
http://help.adobe.com/ja_JP/Illustrator/13.0/help.html?content=WSF9A0BDC8-7767-452b-B9EA-2 3EB3644C6B9.html
IllustratorのPDF保存化機能はAdobe PDF Libraryで実現されているはず。作成されたPDF文書のプロパティを見れば、それがわかる。
InDesign なども単体でPDF化機能をもっている。
PDF変換の一覧 - DTPWiki
http://dtpwiki.jp/?PDF%CA%D1%B4%B9%A4%CE%B0%EC%CD%F7
またMac版Acrobat 9.0にはStadardがない。
おそらくは、最近のMacではOSレベルでPDF化機能があるので、基本機能を提供するStandard版の需要はないとAdobeは判断したのであろう。
・Acrobat 9 公開の真実（１）─失われたStandard版
http://dtp-s2.seesaa.net/article/99486156.html
＞仮想プリンタのAcrobat PDF Makerが立ち上がりますが
PDFMakerは直接的には仮想プリンターではないのでは？ Windowsで言うとOFFICEなどのアドインとして登録される（Macでどういう表現になるかは知らない）。
＞もしくはOS側がAdobeの旧ヴァージョンをサポートするかと
そういう事例ってそんなにあるのでしょうかね？よそさまのアプリケーションのサポートって、自社製品をサポートするよりも結構大変ではありませんか？
＞『Adobe製品のMac OS X 10.5対応状況』という記事を見つけました。
せっかく見つけた情報なら、そのURLを記載して情報を共有してみようとは思いませんか？現在あるいは将来同じ問題に直面する人への助けにしようとは思いませんか？
AcrobatがMac OS X 10.5をサポートしているのは8.0以降であるようだが、そのAcrobat 8でも問題は出ている。
文書番号 : 232742
Mac OS X 10.5 環境で Adobe PDF プリンタが正常に動作しない（Acrobat 8）

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Missing Acrobat PDF Maker Tab within Office 2013

Acrobat PDF Maker Tab is missing from all apps within Office 2013 suite. I have already installed the latest MS hotfixes. I am using Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard with Office 2013 [x32 bit]. Please help!

Hi,
In the situation, you may select the higher version of Acrobat PDFMaker office COM Addin to install:
The following table provides the currently available compatibility list for the Adobe PDFMaker add-in and Office programs.
Office version
Supported PDFMaker add-in versions
(check PDFMOfficeAddin.dll version)
2010 (32-bit)
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2013 (32-bit)
10.x and higher
2010 (64-bit)
10.1 and higher
2013 (64-bit)
10.1 and higher
Please see the information on the following Web page for the latest compatibility information between the PDFMaker add-in and Office programs.
Acrobat Help / Compatible web browsers and PDFMaker applications | Acrobat, Reader
http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/compatible-web-browsers-pdfmaker-applications.html
More detail:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2800094
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Acrobat PDF Maker sending old mail merges.

I am using the Acrobat Add-In in Word 2007. Earlier in the week I sent a PDF mail merge and now that I have created a new PDF merge, for some reason the program is randomly adding old email messages and sending them again. How do prevent this from happening? Even if I select only one record for a test, the program sends three or four old messages again and it seems kind of random how it is picking the sendees and what old email merge it sends again incorrectly. The program did send my new message but it also is sending old stuff. I tried changing the folder I was saving the new messages to but it still sent out messages that were saved in the "default" folder "WZU3R435" the program created. I even tried to find that folder so I could delete its content but I can't find it.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

General Acrobat Problem Steps
If you are having problems creating a PDF, there are two steps you should do FIRST
Go to the appropriate vendor web site and apply all updates to the program you are using (several recent messages have concerned problems with MS Office conversion, with the response that different versions of Office have different BUGS that must be fixed by a download from Microsoft - and MS Office products are not the only ones which may, from time to time, need to be updated to work properly)
Apply all updates IN NUMBER ORDER
Acrobat Update http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows

How can I keep word"s "acrobat pdf maker" from appearing ?

logically, all of the toolbars items (view menu) in Word should only appear if you ask for them
since nothing at microsoft seems to be logical, the "adobe pdf maker" toolbar appears constantly when you open a file so that you then have to throw it away to keep it from using up and cluttering the screen
I have tried everything I know to get rid of this pesky thing - any suggestions?

Hi, Joseph.
You haven't stated the version of MS Office you are using, but the following instructions, written with Office 2004 in mind, will also work for Office v.X.
How to remove the PDFMaker toolbar in MS Office applications
The PDFMaker toolbar launcher is saved in an application-specific directory for each Office application. The general format of the directory path is:
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/Startup/office_application
Therefore, to remove the PDFMaker toolbar from MS Word, trash the PDFmaker file found in the directory:
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/Startup/Word/
Do likewise for Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
Note that Adobe Acrobat automatically checks the state of its features — like PDFMaker — when it is launched. Depending on the version of Acrobat you have installed, it may try to replace these files after you have deleted them. Adobe Acrobat has a "Do not ask again" option if it offers to "repair" these files
Note that the same instructions work under Office v.X.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

Email PDF from Mail Merge Problem

Using a data source of email addresses from Excel 2003 and performing a mail merge in Word 2003 with the Mail Merge to Adobe PDF button, everything worked okay and the emails generated to the outbox in Outlook 2003 with the relevant PDFs attached. However, once they were mailed the recipients who use Outlook Express had the attachments missing. I'm using Acrobat 8.1.5
I've seen previous queries about this and it seems to relate to Outlook using a RTF format. I set Outlook to default to html and then plain text formats but still had the same problem. Can anyone suggest how I can solve this or if the problem is Outlook related, then another email program that would work without causing this problem (preferable freeware or inexpensive).
Thanks

Just an interesting after thought, since you mentioned blocking. Several federal agencies and companies block zip files also. I ran onto a message recently about the university blocking zip files at one time because of a problem. Mail merge files are typically personalized and it would be nice for them to go intact. If they re not personalized, but just being sent in general, then posting the basic file and e-mailing a link might work better. For a lot of things I do, I just use the mail merge that is built into my e-mail client. That creates a mail-merge of messages that are personalized.
Just thought the blocking comment might be of interest, though I give the same advice. I am not sure how it could be done with zip in a mail merge sense.

Does Acrobat Standard allow "mail merge" or do I need to purchase Acrobat Professsional to do that?

I'm trying to use Mail Merge to fill in an Adobe PDF form with information from an Excel spreadsheet.
I'm reading some stuff that says Adobe Acrobat Professional has such a tool. Does the Acrobat Standard have this capability? Is there a free download
for Auto Mail Merge?

There are a variety of tools in Acrobat, especially for programmers, but nothing I'd really call a mail merge - nothing like the feature in Word.
However, you really aren't in the right place for advice. Try an Acrobat forum, CreatePDF is a web service for people without Acrobat. I recommend you include the address (URL) of the web page where it talks about this feature, it could mean several things.

Error message: Missing PDF maker files in Word 2007

OK, I am beyond frustrated. I have had nothing but trouble with Windows Vista and Adobe Acrobat. Please help!!!
What happens: first, the pdf addin for Word 2007 suddenly becomes disabled, for no apparent reason. Forget about trying to re-enable it through the Add-Ins menu, because Word tells me that the "connected state of Office Add-Ins registered in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE cannot be changed". This is a problem for me, because I use a special font (Vietnamese) that sometimes gets corrupted when running pdf maker. The only consistent way I have found to avoid this problem is to run the pdf maker as "Quick PDF" and as far as I can see that option is only available through the pdf addin in Word, I have never been able to find it when I open the Acrobat program and create a pdf from there.
Second problem: shortly after the pdf addin becomes disabled, my Acrobat program loses the ability to create pdfs altogether. I get the error message "Missing PDF maker files". Yes, I have tried repairing the installation and re-starting my computer per the instructions given. It doesn't fix the problem. I also tried looking in the Knowledge Database on this website, but it appears that the instructions they have to fix the problem there are for earlier versions of Word, not 2007, because my version of word does not look like the version of Word in their little videos.
This is the second time this has happened. The first time I resolved the problem by a) re-installing Acrobat, which is a pain because it involves calling Adobe and wading through their customer service to get a new installation number, and b) paying a computer repair service to dig deep into the guts of my computer and convince it to change the Office Add-ins to allow the pdf addin again. It worked for about 6 months, and now I have the same problem again. For some reason Vista is spontaneously disabling Acrobat.
I simply cannot deal with this every few months. We all know that Vista is a crappy program, but I run a business and I need a program that works with whatever crappy program Microsoft puts out. Please, can anyone give me suggestions about how to re-enable these functions when Vista disables them?
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I searched this forum and I have found reports of similar issues, but no resolution. I also found a thread back in 2009 where a response suggested this is a bug and provided a link to report it. I have not found any information confirming this is a known issue and if there is a resolution in the works.
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Acrobat PDF Maker doesn't work after installing UPDATES(!) to Adobe Creative Suite 3 (on Windows 7)

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I installed Adobe Creative suite 3 Premium on Widows Vista....then upgraded to Windows 7,...never had any problems.
Today Adobe Update Advisor downloaded and installed some updates to Adobe Professional 8 (that came in a package with Adobe CS3 premium)....since then (it has been 3-4 hours), I cannot convert any document into PDF using ANY application MS Office 2007, as a Printer in browser...etc..
The error message says:
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I clicked on Yes, then waited, then restarted my PC, and that didn't solve the problem"
Adobe Support (a very unfriendly guy) told me that AdobeProfessional 8 support for Windows 7 is not available and that I can either upgrade to Adobe 9 (no way, I paid way too much money for Adobe CS3), refer to Adobe Forum, or reinstall Adobe CS3.
Can someone tell me how to solve this problem without reinstalling the whole CS3?
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Why did you “upgrade” to Windows 7?
Shouldn't have Microsoft given you free updates to Windows XP or Windows Vista to give you all the fixes that appeared in Windows 7?
Do you expect an automobile manufacturer to retrofit at no cost to you your two year old vehicle with the latest doodads associated with the latest in consumer electronics, automated toll taking, and GPS?
Accounting rules in the United States associated with something called “revenue recognition” limit what companies can do to retrofit products with new features after they are released/sold. Supporting significant differences and/or features in a new operating system version or for that matter incompatibilities and features in another application (such as new versions of Office) require significant modifications to accounting practices to hold reserves to account for the possibility of such updates. Furthermore, ignoring these accounting and finance ramifications, keeping an extra set of engineers working to retrofit old software versions would significantly increase Adobe's costs and hence the price charged for this software.
Be aware that except for custom software with ongoing maintenance and/or retainer contracts, typical commercial software is licensed for use with the equipment and software environment that it was originally designed for and that fact is already built into the cost and pricing structures. The pricing of upgrades to new software versions reflects the cost of providing support for newer equipment and software environments as well as any new features.
- Dov

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It was working fine up until a few hours ago, exporting the PDF in a few seconds, to the same file path, and with the same name, as the word file I was working with.
what changed?

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I have tried to run the Adobe Acrobat repair
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I have tried to run the file merge with all options unchecked
I have tried running adobe as an administrator
Any assistance would be great. The machine is Windows 7, MS Office 2007. Acrobat v9.5.5

Hey Darren,
Please let me know whether you are using 32-bit or 64-bit MS Office application on your system.
Were you able to merge files earlier or not?
Please let me know.
Regards,
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Hi,
In the microsoft word, we can embedd, the pdf, word or excel files as link, so that when you click the embedded file (for eg. if you click the pdf icon of embedded file in word, the pdf file will open, as same as the word files and excel files will open) . There is will no seperate link files will be there. (so from a word doc embedded with pdf files and excel files will be opened from the word itself)
Is there any option to do like this in Indesign or Pdf, where we can embedd the Link files inside the indesign, without linking the files from the hard dirve or server.
Any idea about this? You people understand what i am trying to say?

Acrobat Pro has an Attachements navigation panel that you can add (embed) files that will open in their native application when clicked to open.
InDesign can do something similar... you can embed files via the Links panel... you can also edit original (but you might need to unembed it first.
Not on a computer with InDesign right now, I will check tommorrow.

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