[zeebe]

OK, I have Office 2004 installed on my work computer and I wanted to see what Acrobat 6 was like, since we have a site license, I installed it. I didn't like it so I trashed it. I have noticed though that when using Word (or excel) that acrobat tool bars appears. How do I get rid of that? Where is that little add on stored?
Thanks

[Dr. Smoke]

Hi, zeebee.

A Google search reveals an anonymous (Guest) user posted the following on this page at "The Mac Observer" as a comment to the article. Their post was:

Subject: Remove PDF Maker
Posted on Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:42 pm:

For those who share a true hatred of the PDF maker two-buttom menu that will simply never move and never go away, here is a ready solution:

The PDF maker menu launches from the following location
Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/Startup/<office app>/

So, to get rid of the PDF maker menu from Word, delete the 'PDFmaker' file found at Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/Startup/Word/
and so on for Excel and Powerpoint.

One thing to be aware of is that Acrobat automatically performs a system check when it launches, and will try and repair these 'missing' files once you have deleted them. Thankfully, the nicve people at Adobe have provided a 'do not ask again' option, so just say no thanks to the repairs, and turn the warning off.

I would have provided a direct link, but their post was only accessible via JavaScript from the page.

I suspect it would have been removed had you uninstalled Acrobat using its uninstall option instead of simply trashing the application's icon. Acrobat installs bits in various places outside of /Applications, so using its uninstaller is recommended.

[chabig]

An nice way to make this reversible is to just change the name of the Startup Folder to "Startup (disabled)".

Click here to find your Startup Folder

Chris