Hello FrameUsers, I had the following situation:
1. I have Acrobat 6 Professional up and running (with some nice Enfocus plug-ins). 2. I want to give Acrobat 8 Professional a try, so I download and install it. 3. During the installation, I get a warning telling me that another version of Acrobat is already installed on my pc. Indeed, version 6. I don't want to remove it, so I click the Ignore button. 4. I play around with Acrobat 8 and discover the VERY nice review features. 5. Next, I try to create a new PDF file (from FrameMaker) but I get a warning telling me that I have to activate Acrobat 8 first. Hmmm! 6. I check my Adobe PDF printer driver instance and see that it has been overwritten by Acrobat 8. Is this correct? 7. I do want to upgrade to Acrobat 8, but later, so I still need to be able to create PDF files for my daily production work. 8. I take a chance and reinstall Acrobat 6 (Repair). Towards the end of the installation procedure, I see that a new Adobe PDF printer driver instance is being created. 9. I check the Adobe PDF printer driver instance and reconfigure its properties, taking into account Dov Isaacs' very helpful recommendations. 10. Everything works fine again. So this worked for me to have two versions of Acrobat "next to each other" on the same pc, but I understand that playing around with the Adobe PDF printer instance can be tricky business. Or is there a better (safer) way to do this, apart from installing these trial versions on a dedicated "trial pc", which you don't use for production work? Best regards -- Yves Barbion Documentation Architect Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor ____________________________________
