Unable to print to Adobe PDF on MBP?

Hi all,
I have Adobe CS3 and Microsoft Office installed on my MacBook Pro and am trying to Convert a .doc file from Word to a .pdf file using the convert to pdf facility in Word. Every time I try I get an error saying that the PDF printer cannot be found?
I am able to make PDF files in Adobe Illustrator using the save-as function but would like to produce pdf's straight from Word..
Any ideas? I have tried re-installing CS3 but this hasn't worked..

Check to see that the Adobe PDF Printer is installed. Applications>Utilities>Printer Setup Utility. If it is then from the document select print and then select the Adobe PDF Printer. After it creates a PDF file. Then from the document select the pdf icon that your were selecting prior. It should now create the pdf file. I think it just needs to first find the PDF printer.

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:24:29 -0700
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Subject: Re: After 9.3 update getting error printing to Adobe PDF while converting from Powerpoint to PDF
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