Cannot create PDF files using Excel

I'm using Acrobat PDFMaker 5.0 for Excel to convert my invoices into PDF files to send to clients but for some unknown reason it has just suddenly stopped working. It starts the conversion process OK but then freezes and just hangs. I can continue using my PC but the CPU usage shows as 100%. I end up either having to cancel the conversion or close the programme completely using task manager.
I'm afraid I'm not very computer savvy, but I really need to find a solution to this problem asap.
Please can anybody help me?
Thanks.

Make sure you've updated your Acrobat 5 to 5.0.5: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=1309
You may also want to confirm whether or not this is document specific. Does a new Excel file with just a few letters typed into cell A1 convert fine? If so, you may want to uncheck the 'Enable text and reflow in tagged PDF' option within the PDFMaker preferences. I may have skewed that verbiage slightly as I haven't looked at Acrobat 5 in a VERY long time, but I recall that option sometimes causing Word and Excel conversions to hang.
-David

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