Mail Merge from Word 2010 to Adobe PDF maker, emails

Acrobat 9 Pro doesn't seem to intergrate properly with Word 2010 on Windows 7 64bit OS. Will version XI fix that? If so how can I upgrade?

After scanning all available forums, it seems, I continue having the same problem.
Error message, "PDFMaker was unable to generate pdf documents".
I'm trying to generate a series letter in Word 2010, then merging the about 80 individual letters in pdf for export into Outlook.
I'm using Adobe Acrobat XI Pro and Office 2010.
On some PCs at the office using the same software it works, on mine not.
Advice urgently needed and very much appreciated. Thank You!
Sylvia

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How you convert the document to PDF format? Export/Create a PDF, Save as PDF, print as PDF, or using Adobe Acrobat?
Please try to save the document as PDF format and then check the result in Adobe Reader.
If you are using Word 2010/2013, the save as PDF is a build-in function and you can find it from File > Save as
If you are using Word 2007, please firstly download and install the Microsoft Office Add-in - Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS .
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