Converting Word files to pdf- Output is black and white

Hello -
I recently updated the Adobe 9.0 Reader on my computer and now when I try to convert a Word file with pictures and/or difffent colors of fonts to a pdf the output is ALL black and white. I've seen some people here on the forum saying their printer caused the problem, but I have not changed printers and this same Xerox printer worked before. Plus, I am not even printing the files yet - just looking at them in Adobe Reader - and they are in black and white. This never happened before.
Any ideas? Need help!

You may want to ask in the forum for Reader.
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