Adobe PDF Printer Gone Missing?

Upgraded to OS X 10.5.8
Since then, I cannot create a pdf out of a Word document. I get the message that "PDFMaker could not locate the Adobe PDF printer. Please install the printer on this machine."
No help at the Adobe website. I thought this might be a common syndrome with the Mac updates. Can anyone help me locate that missing printer, please?
Thanks.

Thomas Carney wrote:
For some reason, though, it won't create PDFs if I just click that "create PDF" or "create PDF and email it" button on the menu. It gets hung up along the way to creating the document.
Since you upgraded the OS, if you have not already done so, try Repair Disk Permissions using Disk Utility and then reboot. (Personally, I do not use PDFMaker for MS Office, so my suggestion is not foolproof.)
Thank you!
You're welcome. Thanks for posting back as it may help other people.

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