Producing Landscape PDF Files

Hello all,
I hope this isn't too basic. I'm using Acrobat 9.0 Std. with Vista.
It seems every time I try to save/print a landscape Microsoft Office document to pdf format, it creates a portrait pdf. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Regards,

Hi Bernd,
Thanks for your quick response. I've done as you've suggested in the past -- many times, in fact. That method works fine for portrait documents. However, Acrobat treats documents created in landscape as though they were treated in portrait. I'm at a loss to explain why.
Any other thoughts would be appreciated.
Best regards,
Bill

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