The checkbox may be missing because there is no file association in the
registry for PDF, or it may be missing because of a problem either with the
Word data key in the registry -
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...artingWord.htm or because
there is a problem with the plug-in.
First things first. If from Windows Explorer you click a PDF file. Does it
open? If not right click and choose "Open With ..." Drill down the list (or
browse for) the Adober Reader application. Check the box for 'Always open
with this application'. Reader should now open the file. If it does, close
it again and click the PDF file once more. Does it now open in PDF? If it
does, check whether the check box in Word is now available.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site
www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org
Sean wrote:
Hello Graham
Actually, the funny thing is that the Save as dialog does have an
'Open file after publishing' checkbox but it is disabled in all
Office applications.
Unfortunately, I can't recall if it is greyed out by default or if
during the process of installing, uninstalling and reinstalling
different versions of Adobe Reader it has 'broken'.
I did post the question on the Adobe Forum and got very little help,
just saying it was a Microsoft problem, Anyway, I will attempt your
suggestion, with fingers crossed.
Kind regards
Sean
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Assuming you have checked the box in the save as PDF dialog, then the
opening of the PDF depends on the file association in the registry,
and it was this that repairing/re-installing of Adobe Reader should
address ... but it may not. You may have to manually fix the
association. The procedure is essentially that shown at
http://www.gmayor.com/Document_Not_Found.htm, albeit that concerns
the Word application and not Adobe. There should be enough
information there to enable you to make the changes for PDF file
types.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Sean wrote:
Sorry Suzanne
I got a bit finger happy and pressed POST before signing off.
Anyway, what I maybe should have also said is that the PDF will not
automatically open when I use the Save as PDF or XPS command in any
Office application, Word2007, Powerpoint, Excel, and etc.
I guess that it makes no difference really but just thought it may
be something you have seen before.
Kind regards
Sean
"Sean" wrote:
Hello Suzanne
Sorry I didn't make myself clear, I do understand what you mean.
What I should have said is that I have already REinstalled Adobe
Reader 9.2. It appears as a shortcut on my desktop, and in the
Control Panel.
I could uninstall it again and then REINSTALL it again just as a
sanity check, but it does exist in my program files.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
But since you installed it, you did whatever it was that caused
the problem, right? I am suggesting that you REinstall it.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Sean" wrote in message
news
Hello again
Sorry I took so long to reply but I had trouble finding this
question.
I have already installed Adobe Reader 9.2, any other suggestions
?
kind regards
Sean
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Could be right. Can you reinstall Adobe Reader 9.2?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Sean" wrote in message
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Hello Suzanne
In Word2007 when you select Save as, a number of options appear
in an expanded menu. This offers PDF or XPS.
When I select Save as PDF or XPS a dialog appears including a
greyed out
'Open file after publishing'.
I have a suspicion that when I installed the Adobe Reader
version 5 it broke
the automatic links to the Adobe Reader version 9.2, but this
is only my
opinion.
Does this makes sense ?
Sean
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Does Word 2007 offer any kind of PDF-creation settings? I know
that Acrobat
has a radio button ("View Adobe PDF result") to choose whether
a newly created PDF is automatically opened in Acrobat for
viewing.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Sean" wrote in message
...
Can anybody help with this little problemette !
I originally had Adobe Reader 9.2 that would open
automatically when I
created a PDF from Word2007 using the Save as command.
But now it won't open automatically.
I (maybe stupidly) installed Adobe Reader 5 to try to open an
old PDF
that
I
was sent, but unistalled it when I discovered that the file
was corrupt.
Now when I try to create a PDF using Word2007 running on
Window Vista,
Adobe
Reader 9.2 will not launch automatically.
Any thoughts ?
Cheers
Sean
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