PDF Maker Add-ons

Hello. I occasionally have big issues when making a PDF from Word. The message says "Word experienced a serious pronblem with the acrobat pdfmaker office addin. If you have seen this message multiple times, you should disable this add-in and check to see if an update is available." If I disable this, how do I make PDFs since the Acrobat tab, the short cut command, and the Create PDFoption under Print are all gone?

Also, have anyone else noticed any issues with Word crashing when doing a specific type of PDF: fully functional or quick and simple? It has happened to me with either method - and it does so seemingly randomly. Thanks.