MS Word Problem

Hi!
I use MS Windows XP (SP 3), MS Office 2003 (v. 11), and Acrobat 9 Professional.
I am having problems with MS Word.
First, it takes a long time to load a document. Second, when I close the document, I get a message that the system has encountered a problem and asks permission to send an error report. If I choose "Don't Send." it closes the document.
Whatever the problem is, the real problem is that is affecting other applications. I cannot use Acrobat to convert the document to a .pdf file.
Please help.
Thank you.
Doctor T.

Sounds like you may have some macro in WORD causing a problem, but it appears to be a WORD problem not an Acrobat problem. For PDF creation you can print from WORD to the Adobe PDF printer. If the PDF Maker is not working and you want to go that route, open Acrobat and use Help>Repair.

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