

When I read through the security bulletin, it actually said that a known issue with the workaround was that "Office software will be unable to generate PDF files." So I uninstalled the update and restarted my PC, but the error message still happened after trying to save a Word document as a PDF. As it turned out, I already had installed the Windows driver update in December. Unfortunately, none of the solutions worked. But nothing has appeared since the first security bulletin in Dec. I can't understand why MS would patch its own OS so it conflicts with its current software version and not issue another patch to solve the functionality problem. I now know that the problem stems from a conflict between the XP security update and Office 2010 (and at least some previous versions). Sheryl's suggestion does not seem possible in Office 2010 (unless I don't understand it) because Adobe does not appear when you select "print."Īfter many obstacles, I managed to speak for free to MS tech support and the only solution that was offered was for me to uninstall and reinstall Office in hopes that my current installation was corrupted by the patch, which I now have deleted with no positive results. So thanks, Bill, for clarifying how to use that. I did download CutePDF and it seems to work for Word, Excel, etc.

Thanks to those who wrote additional comments. Specify a filename you want used for your PDF file.This dialog box looks very similar to a traditional Open dialog box.

Word displays the Publish as PDF or XPS dialog box. Word displays a single button at the right side of the dialog box. (Don't click Save look down further on the left side and make sure you actually click on the Save & Send option.) Word presents you with some more options.
