Cannot convert Word to PDF - please help?

Hi I am running Windows XP, Office 2003 and Acrobat Writer 5.
I've had the same setup for five years and have always been able to covert Word documents to PDF like this:
File/print - then I select Acrobat PDF writer from the list of printers, and click "print to file" and it's done.
I've created thousands of PDFs in this way. I've also reformatted my hard drive and re-installed all the same programs again, and always been able to print to PDF.
Last week I again reformatted my hard drive, and re-installed all the same programs that I have always had. I have changed nothing, absolutely nothing about the setup of the computer.
However, NOW when I click file/print from Word, there is no longer Acrobat PDF writer listed!
And so I cannot convert to PDF.
Can anyone please tell me how to get Acrobat back into my list of "printers"?
Thanks

As I recall, Acrobat Distiller and Acrobat Writer are 2 different print drivers available with AA5. The Writer is not installed by default and is not recommended. It was almost not included with AA5 as I recall. It is no longer included with any distribution. The Acrobat Distiller printer (now renamed as the Adobe PDF printer) is the preferred method of printing with AA5. This latter process creates a PS file and then (using AcroTray running in the background) calls Distiller to complete the conversion from the PS file to the final PDF file. There are several options available under the list of settings. These can be set in the Acrobat Distiller printer properties and generally override the settings in Distiller. You can further make changes for the current printing in the printer properties menu of your current application.
Hope that helps explain what you have found. I still have AA5 running on XP. I also have a newer reader installed because of the limitations of reading some of the newer PDF files with AA5. I try to be careful with how I use Reader and AA5 as they can cause conflicts in what is used to open a PDF, and that is why this configuration is not recommended.

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