[Graham Mayor]

I didn't intend that you delve as far as the registry entries for Word, but
to use Windows Explorer to associate Adobe Reader with PDF. Leave the
registry alone.

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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 again

Just looked tooked through your suggested instruction, and got a bit
confused as to which Adobe section I should have been looking at in
Regedit, but did notice that the Adobe set of values do not include
the /dde.

I also noticed that the /dde section in the example you showed is not
the same as the setup in Vista - Regedit.

So thanks but it still is not working!

Sean

"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.

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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.

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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?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Sean" wrote in message
...
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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