Distiller hangs: OffendingCommand: ÐÏà¡±á

Distiller 5.0 hangs halfway through task. The output is:
Start Time: 13 July 2008 at 21:26
Destination: C:\Abc.pdf
Source: Abc.doc
%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: ÐÏà¡±á ]%%
%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
Distill Time: 1 seconds (00:00:01)
**** End of Job ****
I have no problems in the past with Distiller. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

>Distiller 5.0 hangs halfway through task.
This shouldn't hang. It should just stop after an error like this.
>Source: Abc.doc
Distiller does not read Word documents, never has. This is a normal
error if you try. Distiller only opens PostScript files.
Aandi Inston

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