Lost being able to publish with PDF.

Question

My projects, Elements 11, have all worked great for me when published in PDF form.  Now I find that I can NOT publish in PDF.  It asks for me to verify with the number sent to me via email.  Yet even though it has my email address correct, I never get one.  So I can not get past that point. 
I do not use OutLook. I use Thunderbird.  So I tried to load OutLook to try to get past the problem.  I don't have MS Office on this laptop.  So I can't load OutLook.
I keep hitting brick walls AND I need it in PDF in a few days for a presentation.  I was counting on it working and spent a month doing the slide project. 
Please HELP, thanks,
Bob [email protected]

Answer 1

gm ATR,
Yes I am using Adobe Premiere Elements 11 for sure.
I am in the Organizer.  Upper right is Create and Share.  I am trying to
use the Share and the 13th one down is PDF.
I select the file on the left that I want and drag it into the space on
the far right where it says to put it.
Then I follow the work flow.  First I name the file.  Then I have
inputted my email addresses, where I don't remember, but they show up in
the select Recipients (Optional):     And I have tried it without
selecting any recipients.  It does the same thing next no matter what
I do.
Then NEXT.   That is when the box comes up telling me that Adobe has
sent me an email with verification numbers in it.  I never get that
email.  And yes, I've checked SPAM.  I found some emails there that were
not spam, but not that particular one.
That is my "brick wall" now.  I am so very frustrated.
I've used PDF to create the file I use.  It allows me to use it on
anyone's PC/laptop, and I can advance at my own speed, go backwards, etc
all without the "slide show" being in control and going at its speed.
I have published my presentation in a format that will show at 5 secs
per slide and I can increase or decrease the speed.  But I can NOT go
back without going back to the beginning each time. With 500 slides,
that does NOT work.
I can not advance forward,  I have to wait for the slideshow to do its
thing and I can only pause.
I have some movies to show inside the presentation so I have to mark the
spots on my laptop screen with a grease pencil and get the moving dot
and drag it to that spot after showing the movie.  That is sloppy.
Thanks for trying to help me.  I need a format where I have control and
can stop, advance, backup, etc. without the "recorded speed" being in
control.
thanks.
Bob Hardie
[email protected]
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