How to remove acrobat toolbar from MS Office

Did that toolbar come back at you yet? <wicked grin>

I thought I got rid of that ...darned... thing months ago, but it only stayed away for a few weeks. There are a few things that trigger its coming back. Opening Acrobat 6 is one of them. Sometimes a force quit out of Word means it's there when you start Word again - some little self-healing thing going on.

I'm beginning to think that a macro that runs on opening Word that just closes the toolbar is the way to go.

(Don't you think it's adding insult to injury that when you close the toolbar, the document window doesn't shift upwards?)

From macosxhints.com...

Go to .../applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/Startup/

Delete in each (word, excell, powerpoint) PDFMaker.xxx

Replace with a empty folder named PDFMaker

If you just delete the file it will be replaced, but the folder keeps it from doing it.

This is NOT my idea!

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Steve

If you just delete the file it will be replaced, but the folder keeps it from doing it.

Ah, the old (and I mean OLD!) you can't replace a folder with a file thingie kicking in below the user level... great!

In Word's menu: Tools>Customize Toolbars/Menu.
Scroll down and uncheck the box 'Adobe Acrobat PDF Maker'.

Yes you are right. What I suggested only works for the current document. Your tip works continually.