I fear then that you are going to have to delve into the registry to rename
(or delete) the Word 12 data key and/or reinstall the PDF plug-in.
You will need to close Word (and Outlook) first then press CTRL+Alt+Del and
ensure there are no winword.exe processes still running.
Delete any temporary files associated with Word -
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm
Then run the registry editor and locate the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\W ord\Data
Right click the Data entry in the left window and Rename to OldData.
Close the registry editor and restart Word.
Has that fixed it?
If it has, then ensure that you check Word Options has your preferred
settings - particularly the prompt to save the normal template option -
before closing Word.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site
www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org
Sean wrote:
Don't worry Graham, I know my limitations, opening Regedit and
looking at the values is as far as I go without an MVP talking me
through it step by step.
I can categorcially say that PDF Reader opens automatically everytime
I double-click a PDF icon, without any prompt asking if I want this a
default or anything.
I have also set the default Adobe Reader 9.2 as the default
application, but the 'Open file after publishing' is still greyed out.
By the way, thanks for the help
Sean
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
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.
--
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
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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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