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Scott - 17 May 2005 20:30 GMT

Using Word XP and Adobe 5.05 on a Windows XP Pro machine in a Windows 2003
domain using roaming profiles. The problem is that the PDFmaker.dot template
does not stay in Word. Can click on desktop shortcut (only put there for
user), it brings up Word with the PDF icons on toolbar, but the icons
dissappear when word is closed. Any idea what's causing them to dissappear.

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Graham Mayor - 18 May 2005 06:33 GMT

You need to have the latest version of the add-in and it needs to be
installed in the correct startup folder. There is background and means of
controlling it from other locations at
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm

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> Using Word XP and Adobe 5.05 on a Windows XP Pro machine in a Windows
> 2003 domain using roaming profiles. The problem is that the
> PDFmaker.dot template does not stay in Word. Can click on desktop
> shortcut (only put there for user), it brings up Word with the PDF
> icons on toolbar, but the icons dissappear when word is closed. Any
> idea what's causing them to dissappear.

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Scott - 18 May 2005 19:10 GMT

Graham,

Thanks much for the quick response.

I just downloaded the latest from Adobe, tried about a gazillion different
things, including putting the PDFMaker.dot in Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office10\Startup as well as documents and
settings\username\application data\microsoft\word\startup. Still, no go. It
will be on the toolbar if the user doubleclicks on the PDFMaker.dot file on
his desktop, but not when he closes it or opens it via the start menu.

Any Ideas?

> You need to have the latest version of the add-in and it needs to be
> installed in the correct startup folder. There is background and means of
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> > icons on toolbar, but the icons dissappear when word is closed. Any
> > idea what's causing them to dissappear.

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Graham Mayor - 19 May 2005 06:02 GMT

The only other things I can think of are that Macro security is set not to
trust installed templates and add-ins or that there is some other add-in
conflicting with it. See if Adobe's support group has any ideas. Adobe
themselves will no doubt tell you to upgrade.
If the add-in is listed in tools > templates and add-ins but unchecked, try
the method suggested in my web link to activate it.

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> Graham,
>
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>>> icons on toolbar, but the icons dissappear when word is closed. Any
>>> idea what's causing them to dissappear.

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