Illustrator CS5 won't save as PDF

My first post.
Running AI CS5.5. All of a sudden, when I "save as" to a pdf file, the pdf content is not saved. Instead, when the file is opened, the actual document says "This is an Adobe Illustrator file that was saved without PDF Content. To place or open the file in other applications, it should be resaved from AI with the "Create PDF Compatible File" option turned on. This option is in the Illustrator Native Format Options dialog bos, which appers when saving an Adobe Illustrator file using the Save As command."
I understand what these directions are saying, and I can do it that way, but the file cannot be opened by someone without AI.
This used to work so easily! Save As, choose pdf in the drop down, it adds .pdf to the file name, done!
Can anyone tell me what made this change? Two days ago it worked fine, and I didn't change anything (knowingly).

Oh, probably just a distiller hiccup. Glad to hear it works now. I have had my share of Adobe background processes problems, too, and I wouldn't have thought to reboot right away either. Make sure to mark this question 'answered' when you get a chance.

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