Word 2007 & Acrobat 9: Macro to generate PDF

I'm trying to create a Word 2007 macro which does some checks on a document (for example, refreshes all fields and checks for broken x-refs by searching for the text "Error!") before PDFing it.
Does anyone know what Microsoft VBA will perform the same task performed by clicking the Acrobat-->Create PDF option?
Also, if anyone know of any similar macros that perform error-checking on Word document, please let me know,
Thanks,
P.

Footnotes in tables were the problem with my doc as well. I tried the option of saving the doc as a Word 2003 file, but it didn't help. I chatted with Adobe Customer Service and was provided this fix:
In Word 2007, click on the Acrobat ribbon
In the "Create Adobe PDF" panel, click on "Preferences"
In the "Settings" tab, under "Application Settings," UNCHECK the box next to "Enable Accessibility and Reflow with tagged Adobe PDF"
After that, I was able to create the PDF, and the table of contents and external hyperlinks all worked. The footnotes were no longer hyperlinked, but since they're on the same page as the items they're referencing, that's not really a problem. Cheers,
JG

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mapi32.dll
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OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
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