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2007-05-18 12:57:07
rajdeepsokhi
Registered: May 7 2007
Posts: 16

I am trying to convert a word file into pdf. Why am I getting this error?
"pdf conversion process failed, please correct error and retry"

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2008-04-11 06:21:28
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Try turning off the "Enable Accessibility and Reflow..." in the PDFMaker macro in Word to see if it corrects the problem.

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

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2009-01-05 05:26:14
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cute43guy
Registered: Jan 5 2009
Posts: 3
rajdeepsokhi wrote:
I am trying to convert a word file into pdf. Why am I getting this error?
"pdf conversion process failed, please correct error and retry"
Probable Solution: (this worked for me with word 2003 and vista 64)

go to control panel, printers

edit the properties on the PDF Printer

two settings must be set for this to work properly

1. under the ports tab, adobe pdf cannot be set to lpt1 or com1 or some such port
it must be set to Documents\*.pdf (near the bottom of the list of ports)
2. under the advanced tab, dont set spooling. click the little radio button next to "Print Directly to Printer"

that fixed the problem for me
good luck
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2009-03-31 12:16:21
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dholmes282
Registered: Mar 31 2009
Posts: 1
I had this precise problem with Word 2007/Vista. I think that it has something to do with the printer, but the fix listed above did not work.

How I fixed the problem:

Go to Control Panel, click Uninstall a Program, then select Acrobat. Do not uninstall the program. Choose the "Repair" option. It ran for about 5-10 minutes, then asked me to restart the computer. When the computer came back up, the problem was fixed.
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2010-03-07 14:53:51
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Jayten
Registered: Mar 7 2010
Posts: 1
I have had this error using Adobe Acrobat 8.0.0 on Windows 7.

Check the properties of this folder "C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS".

Acrobat needs to write to the folder and for some reason SYSTEM did not have Full control of this folder. So I gave SYSTEM Full control and Acrobat started to worked again.
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