Trouble converting Word 2003 document

I must be doing something wrong. It seemed simple enough to convert a simple Word 2003 document to PDF. When I go to open the PDF file in Word, up pops a window "select the encoding that makes your document readable: (choices are) windows (default), MS-DOS, other encoding [lists several languages and alphabets). I select "windows", and all I get is gobbledy-****.
When I email myself the PDF file

I'm sorry you're having trouble... can you kindly respond and provide as many details as possible about what you're trying to accomplish, and where exactly you are running into trouble? Do you have an Acrobat.com account? By "downloaded the Adobe" do you mean you've downloaded the desktop version of Acrobat?
Thank you,
Michelle

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Try printing a few pages to the Adobe PDF printer to be sure the creation process works. If that works, then go back and empty your TEMP folder, particularly if your 191 pages includes many graphics. You might also want to use the Compress feature in WORD 2003 for graphics to reduce the resolution of all the graphics (it is in the lower left of the first tab of the format menu for WORD graphics).

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Hi izm067,
Thanks for your post!
You should know that these forums are specific to the
Acrobat.com website and its set of hosted services, and do
not cover the Acrobat family of desktop products.
Please visit the following Acrobat forums for any questions
related to the Acrobat family of desktop products:
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bbeda8b/
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Thank you for your post.
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1. Make sure you have the most recent version of the Adobe Flash Player. You can download it here: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
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Windows XP Professional with SP3, Word 2003 with SP3 as part of Microsoft Office Pro 2003 and Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended - Version 9.4.5.236.
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