Captivate 8 - Mac OS X Mavericks - Can't print to Micrsoft Word

When I select File>Print and attempt to publish to Microsoft Word (to create handouts), the process begins and then fails, accompanied by an alert that reads:

"Publish to MS Word failed. Retry after ensuring that

- The document is not open.

- You have installed Microsoft Word."

I have ensured that both of those bullet items are true, and I continue to experience the same issue, repeatedly. I have MS Office 2011 installed on my MacBook Pro.

I was about to post this question, when I had another idea, which turned out to be a workaround for the issue. I'm posting my question along with this simple solution anyway, in case anyone else is experiencing the same problem:

If I launch MS Word before attempting to print the project in Captivate, then I'm able to successfully print/publish to MS Word from within Captivate. It appears that Captivate is unable to independently open Word, at least on my system.

If anyone knows how to get Captivate to print to MS Word without having to first open the Word application, I'd appreciate a response.

Thanks.