Acrobat X Pro: Word 2003 Hangs Up When I Print to Adobe PDF

I have to print to Adobe PDF a LOT. Recently, I have been unable to do so from Word 2003. Whenever I go to print, it says "Word is preparing to background print your document" and freezes. I have experimented with turning background printing off, but that doesn't seemt o help. Help please!

You might also play with the printer spooling. Just change it to the opposite of what is currently set and see if that resolves the issue. You might also try to print to file with the Adobe PDF printer and then opening the file in Distiller to complete the process (the file will be a PS file, possibly with a PRN extension). If the latter works, you at least have a workaround for now.
You might also go to Help>Repair and see if that resolves the issue. I would also recommend the updates with Help>Updates.

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