Unable to create PDF from Word document.

I was trying to create a PDF file from a Word document but got the following error message: "An unexpected error occurred.  PDFMaker was unable to produce the Adobe PDF" and no PDF was created.  There was no error number.  Has anyone seen this error and is there a work around.  This is Acrobat XI Pro and was installed within the last few days.

Can you print to the Adobe PDF printer? Have you updated AA XI (now at 11.0.05)? What version of WORD (AA XI does not work with PDF Maker on all versions of WORD)?

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