How do I get the "Convert Word Doc to .pdf" into my Word 10 ribbon?

• Enable PDFMakerOfficeAddin from the Microsoft Office application's Disabled Items list.

1. Open the Microsoft Office program (Word, Excel, Publisher, or PowerPoint).
2. Click the Office button, then click the [application name] Options button.
3. Click Add-Ins.
4. From the Manage dropdown list select Disabled Items and click Go.
5. Check the list for PDFMakerOfficeAddin:
   • If it is listed, then select it and click Enable. Close all dialog boxes and restart the Office application
   • If it is not listed, then make sure that PDFMOfficeAddin.dll is located in the '.../Program Files/Adobe/Acrobat 10.0/PDFMaker/Office' folder. If the file is missing, then reinstall Acrobat.

  Note: Microsoft Office Applications disable add-ins as a failsafe if the application is prematurely closed (for example, if the system wasn't shut off properly or the application crashed). 

Add the COM add-in file to the Windows registry.

1. In Windows Explorer, locate the COM add-in file (PDFMOfficeAddin.dll) and note the exact path, which may include spaces.
2. Choose Start > Run.
3. Type regsvr32 followed by a space, and then type the path that you noted in step 1, in quotation marks. For example: regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\PDFMaker\Office\ PDFMOfficeAddin.dll "
4. Click OK, and then start the Office application.

Check if Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Add-in is present in the list of available COM Add-ins for the Office Application.  

1. Launch Microsoft Office program (Word, Excel, Access, or PowerPoint).
2. Click the Office button and choose '[Application name] Options'.
3. Click Add-Ins.
4. From the Manage Dropdown list select COM Add-ins and click Go.
5. Check the list for PDFMakerOfficeAddin and the checkbox in front of it is checked.
   • If the checkbox is not checked then check it, click OK and restart the Office application.
   • If the Office application doesn't allow you to check the checkbox and you have already tried Solution 1, then select Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Add-in, click Remove and follw the next step.
   • If Adobe PDFMaker COM Add-in is not present in the list of available add-ins, then click Add and navigate to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\PDFMaker\Office\. Select PDFMOfficeAddin.dll, click OK, then restart the Office application.
     

Regards,

Ravi

Hi Gordon,

Please try to add the add-in located at : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 11.0\PdfMaker\Office\PDFMOfficeAddin.dll"

and check.

Regards,

Ravi.

For what its worth, although AddIn management has been improved in Office 2013,  the Acrobat addin does not appear on the ribbon when it is made active.

I'm curious though. Does the Adobe addin have some functionality that the Office built-in Save to PDF does not have? And when compared to right clicking on an Office file in Windows Explorer and choosing one of the PDF conversion options, does it do something different?

If the Adobe addin converts Word comments to Acrobat comments, that would be great!

Dear Gordon,

I am running Windows 8, Office 2013 (32 bit) and Acrobat X.

I have the same problem that the "Acrobat" tab doesn't appear in the Office ribbon, and I cannot activate the PDFmaker from Office applications, say Word.

I tried to add a new tab named "Acrobat" to the Ribbon, but that didn't help, the Acrobat toolbar comes empty when selected and isn't filled with the PDF buttons.

Can you please elaborate more on the process you found which solved the problem for you?

Thanks in Advance,

Aythan

Hi Gordon,

Thanks for your quick reply.

Still, can you better describe step by step what you did?

Perhaps it would work for me too on Windows 8, if I do it correcty ...

Thanks

Aythan

Gordon,

1.  I do not know how to check where Word is looking for addins.

2,  I do know how to check what is Word's current idea about addins,  as follows:

    When I navigate to:   File > Options > Addins  I get a table of all the addins of Office.
    The first line in the table is:

              Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM addin    C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Arobat 10.0\PDFMaker\Office\PDFMOfficeAddin.dll     COM Addin

    Down on that panel, I can push the button the manage a few things.  I select "COM addins" and press the button.
    There I get a smaller table, of only COM addings from the previous table.   The first line is:
              Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Addin
    and the checkbox on the side is checked.

   Hence, I figured that my Office does know about the PDFMaker, knows its place, and has it registered as something to activate.

3.  The contents of the PDFMaker\Office is:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\PDFMaker\Office>dir
      Volume in drive C is OS
      Volume Serial Number is C2BB-CE8E

      Directory of C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\PDFMaker\Office

     01/16/2013  03:14 AM    <DIR>          .
     01/16/2013  03:14 AM    <DIR>          ..
     12/10/2010  04:54 PM             9,276 AcrobatPDFMakerForOffice.tlb
     12/10/2010  04:53 PM            14,831 Fastest.joboptions
     12/10/2010  04:54 PM           316,824 ImpCommWord.dll
     12/10/2010  04:53 PM           217,496 PDFMAccess.dll
     12/10/2010  04:53 PM           528,792 PDFMEngine.dll
     12/10/2010  04:53 PM         1,300,888 PDFMExcel.dll
     12/10/2010  04:54 PM           385,952 PDFMOfficeAddin.dll
     12/10/2010  04:54 PM           641,440 PDFMPowerPoint.dll
     12/10/2010  04:52 PM           457,120 PDFMPublisher.dll
     12/10/2010  04:52 PM         1,426,840 PDFMVisio.vsl
     12/10/2010  04:54 PM         1,270,680 PDFMWord.dll
     12/10/2010  04:53 PM         1,053,584 pdfport.dll
     01/16/2013  03:14 AM    <DIR>          Readers
     12/10/2010  04:52 PM           640,400 Sangam.dll
                   13 File(s)      8,264,123 bytes
                    3 Dir(s)  225,217,781,760 bytes free

     So, I guess everything is in place already.

4.  I know a little bit about Word customization.

     I can go to File > Options > Personal ... ribbon
     where I can see all the toolbars and all the commands which might or might not be part of any toolbar.

     I don't see the Acrobat toolbar here, and I don't see any of the PDF commands either (in any of the commands divisions).

     I have added a new toolbar and named it "Acrobat".
     It is left empty even when I exit Word and reenter, or even if I reboot.

     I don't know any further about the customization process.

But, I have noticed that you have Acrobat 11, while I still have Acrobat 10.

Perhaps Acrobat 10 is not compatible with Office 2013.

Thanks

Aythan

Hi Gordon,

1. I started my first message above with:
   "I am running Windows 8, Office 2013 (32 bit) and Acrobat X."
   I don't know where you took the idea that I use Apple from.
2. Your way to customize the ribbon is shorter, but brings one to the same place.
3. Meantime I have removed the X eddition, and installed the XI.     The same problem stayed though.
4. Then, I checked for Updateds, and installed them.
   A new tab appeared in Word:  "ACROBAT"  (all caps), with all the known buttons inside.
5. So, my conclusion is that Acrobat X and XI origianl versions are not compatible with Office 2013,
   but (at least for the XI) there is an Update which solves the problem.

Have fun,
and
Thank you

Aythan

You may not be able to get it on OFFICE 2013. I suspect an update of AA XI will do that eventually, but AA X is now to the stage of security updates, not feature updates. Thus I would not expect AA X to service OFFICE 2013. AA 9 has never serviced OFFICE 2010 and that is a similar update issue.