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Acrobat Standard 8 and Word 2007 Issues - please help!!!!

lkr0210
Registered: Jan 12 2008
Posts: 3

Hello,

I'm having all kinds of problems with Acrobat 8 and Word 2007.

The laptop I'm installing it on is running Windows Vista Ultimate. It has Microsoft Small Business 2007 installed as well.

When I install Acrobat 8 on it, Excel, Outlook and Acrobat works but Word will not work. If we double click on a word document, word will open but the document will not display. If we open Word, click file, click open and try to open a document that way, the document will open but it will not let you move the cursor anywhere on the document, and if you attempt to modify the document, we get the message that word is not responding, there is an error and it needs to shut down.

We had to uninstall acrobat 8 and do a system restore from a point before acrobat was installed before word will work again.

We tried installing just adobe 8 reader but we get the same results.

We have applied all of the Vista, Office and Acrobat patches but they did not make a difference.

Can anyone help me with this issue? It's becoming a huge problem at our business and we need to get it resolved.

Thank you in advance for any help or suggestions you can give me.

Thanks!!!

Lynda

lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Just to confirm, are you installing Acrobat 8.1.1? Only 8.1 will run properly under Vista (not 8.0). Here is a link to some additional troubleshooting tips that you can try -- generally a methodicaly approach as outlined in the troubleshooting guide is most effective when trying to determine what is causing this problem for you:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401589&sliceId=2

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

lkr0210
Registered: Jan 12 2008
Posts: 3
Hello,

Yes, I am installing Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1 and I also installed all patches for Acrobat, as well as Vista and Office.

I will review the link you gave me and see if anything helps.

Thank you for your help!