Acrobat 5.0 Distiller not working with Word 97

[cfmoore]

I am using XP Home edition SP2.  When I select Distiller (Acrobat 5.0) from the printer options to make a PDF in WORD 97, the conversion stops half way through with an error msg that the document won't print.  I installed the Acrobat update 5.0.5 and the result was WORD shutting down when I clicked on Distiller.    If I click on the Adobe icon to make pdf the conversion works.  I uninstalled Acrobat, restarted the computer, installed Acrobat 5.0 and the same result.  Installed 5.0.5 and the same result

[patio]

Sistiller only works with Windows 2000 and up.

[soybean]

Sistiller only works with Windows 2000 and up.

I am using XP Home edition SP2. 

Try PrimoPDF. 

[patio]

WORD 97,

[soybean]

You mean Distiller only works with Word 2000 and up?

[cfmoore]

I did solve my problem but not in the way I expected.  I had always used Distiller by going through  File > print > select Distiller.  I did not realize that the Acrobat tool bar ran Distiller using a macro PDF Maker, which fires when the Acrobat button is clicked on.  Still does not work if go File > print > select Distiller but that is ok because I can access the same formatting with the Acrobat meun selection.

[patio]

The Acrobat site interestingly does not list Office versions...just OS versions.
And it starts with Win2K/

[soybean]

Still does not work if go File > print > select Distiller but that is ok because I can access the same formatting with the Acrobat meun selection.

I repeat, PrimoPDF is a good Word to PDF converter, and numerous other freeware options can be found on the internet.