Why no 'A5' option in page sizes when printing to pdf?

Hi there,
Im running Windows XP Pro with Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.0 and I have tons of free disk space ;-)
Ive created an A4 word document for work and they want it in A5 - when I try to print to A5 pdf, either from word direct, or from with Adobe Acrobat Professional - A5 just ain't an option - A0-A4, sure...then a whole list of sizes I never heard of, then C5 and other standard sizes, but NO A5...anywhere...anyone know what to do about this?
many thanks
Chris

deojee,
Confirming the PPD file that installs w/ Acrobat 8 Pro, DOES NOT include the A5 designation. Go custom as per Bill/Bernd.
Excerpt from PPD:
dup [612 792] (Letter) put
dup [612 1008] (Legal) put
dup [522 756] (Executive) put
dup [1224 792] (Ledger) put
dup [792 1224] (Tabloid) put
dup [468 373] (Screen) put
dup [1224 1584] (AnsiC) put
dup [1584 2448] (AnsiD) put
dup [2448 3168] (AnsiE) put
dup [2016 2880] (AnsiF) put
dup [648 864] (ARCHA) put
dup [864 1296] (ARCHB) put
dup [1296 1728] (ARCHC) put
dup [1728 2592] (ARCHD) put
dup [2592 3456] (ARCHE) put
dup [2160 3024] (ARCHE1) put
dup [1872 2736] (ARCHE2) put
dup [1944 2808] (ARCHE3) put
dup [595.22 842] (A4) put
dup [842 1191] (A3) put
dup [1191 1684] (A2) put
dup [1684 2384] (A1) put
dup [2384 3370] (A0) put
dup [1361 1772] (OversizeA2) put
dup [1772 2551] (OversizeA1) put
dup [2551 3529] (OversizeA0) put
dup [499 709] (ISOB5) put
dup [709 1001] (ISOB4) put
dup [1417 2004] (ISOB2) put
dup [2004 2835] (ISOB1) put
dup [459 649] (C5) put
dup [729 1032] (JISB4) put
dup [1032 1460] (JISB3) put
dup [1460 2064] (JISB2) put
dup [2064 2920] (JISB1) put
dup [2920 4127] (JISB0) put
dup [6624 6624] (Oversize92) put
dup [540 720] (Slide7.5x10) put

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