John Pitt wrote: > After my motherboard went feral, I had to rebuild with a new > motherboard, cpu, video card, etc. XP Pro had to be coerced into working > again, but it was OK. > > But my Acrobat Pro 8 installation now refuses to make PDFs using either > FM 8 or 7.1 with either Save As or print to PostScript. After a short > time, Frame stops responding, the top menu bar disappears, and it has to > be killed. > > I've Repaired, Uninstalled > Repaired, Deactivated and Activated, and > muttered various incantations. Nothing seems to work. > > Strangely, both Word and Excel do produce PDFs. > > Any clues? > > jjj
Make sure the printer port "FILE:" still exists. If not, add it. Start > Settings > Printers & Faxes Adobe PDF properties Ports tab Note the port currently selected. Find FILE: in the list? If no, Add Port, Local Port, named FILE: (with the colon). Reselect the previously selected port. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com I'll stop saying Microsoft is arrogant when Windows stops saying "Welcome" and instead asks "May I?"
