Adobe PDF Printer failed to create the PDF file in Acrobat Pro X

Trying to convert single and multiple page files (PPT, XLS etc) to PDF documents... get about half way through the process when it all seizes up and the error message in the header appears.
Any ideas about how to fix this?
Thanks

File > create > PDF from file...
Error message is exactly as spelt out in the subject header
MS Office 2003
OS is 32-bit
Ta

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