Unable to create a PDF from Word or from Clipboard coming from Word

Until a few days ago, I had no problem creating a PDF file from a Word document, or from a Word-generated clipboard item. Now this does not work anymore. I have entirely re-installed Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (successfully), but I still cannot create the PDF coming from the above sources. I now also (sometimes) have the same issue when a clipboard item comes from Excel. No problem with any other source data, i.e. PowerPoint, Web pages, etc.
Here is the error:
And this is the next screen:
Answering "Yes" goes through a lengthy process (successfully), but still does not create my PDF. Both my Word and Excel programs are Microsoft 2007 Professional.
Any suggestions?

No updates recently - except possibly whatever Microsoft updates automatically (security, etc.).
What is quite strange is this specific isolated instance:
If I am in a Word document, then highlight and select (Ctrl C) a range of text, then go to Acrobat 9 Pro and try to create a PDF from that clipboard text, I get the above error. However, if I select text from another program, such as a web page, then Acrobat does not complain when I try to create a PDF from the clipboard, and everything proceeds as expected.
So that makes one think that the issue is with Word; however, I sometimes (and "sometimes" is the operative word) get the error when taking text from Excel. But sometimes not.
Is it Microsoft? But that is strange, as all this worked a few days ago - specifically on Friday 9/3. I use this feature daily,
And, as I mentioned before, trying to create a PDF from an entire Word file also does not work (create from File).

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