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Hi, I have a adobe acrobat dc pro version installed on my macbook.
And I also have a office 2016 for Mac.
The acobat addin on the word for Mac version ribbon bar is unnessceary and I want to remove it.
However, the word for Mac is not the same with the word for win so I can't find ways to remove the addin.
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Very annoying that this add-in just integrates Word without asking permission for.
To remove it :
Go to Preferences and click Ribbon and Toolbar.
Select the command "Add-in" or "Complements" in the Developer tab and click the add arrow.
Close Preferences.
Click on you new option icon in the upper part of the ribbon.
Deactivate "linkCreation.dotm"
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Do you have an Options command under the File menu in Word?
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in office for mac version, there is no "options" command.
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Very annoying that this add-in just integrates Word without asking permission for.
To remove it :
Go to Preferences and click Ribbon and Toolbar.
Select the command "Add-in" or "Complements" in the Developer tab and click the add arrow.
Close Preferences.
Click on you new option icon in the upper part of the ribbon.
Deactivate "linkCreation.dotm"
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Thanks for fredm's answer.
But I found that deactivate it will not solve the problem completely.
Once the mac restarts, the tab will reappear.
The "complete" way is delete the linkCreation.dotm.
search it in the finder and delete it.
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This worked for me. Thank you.
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I found three files in /Library/. You need admin rights to find them.
$ sudo find /Library -name "SaveAsAdobePDF.ppam"
$ sudo find /Library -name "SaveAsAdobePDF.xlam"
$ sudo find /Library -name "linkCreation.dotm"
You can use these commands to find the copies in ~/Library
$ find ~/Library -name "SaveAsAdobePDF.ppam"
$ find ~/Library -name "SaveAsAdobePDF.xlam"
$ find ~/Library -name "linkCreation.dotm"
One I deleted linkCreation.dotm ~/Library, I was able to lauch Word again.
Even after that, I still found another copy in Startup.localized with the name "~$nkCreation.dotm" so I had to repeat with a wildcard to find them.
$ ~/Library -name "*nkCreation.dotm"
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Thank you for saving me from this annoyance. I migrated from a 2011 MacBook Pro to a 2016 MacBook Pro and wanted to clean up all the garbage except for Dropbox. First time opening Word and ran into these issues until I followed your instructions! 🤗
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Thanks god I found your comment.
You saved me .
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This worked for me. Thank you!
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Having this issue with PowerPoint. I've gone in and removed the files in the ~/Library/Group Containers/{long random string}.Office/User Content/ folder. I've ran the find command (w/ sudo) to locate any other copies of the files, both full file names and using wildcards. I can't locate any other copies of these files on my machine but i still get the message when loading up PowerPoint. Only PowerPoint.
any one else had this issue and/or knows how to resolve it? I'm one step away from uninstalling PowerPoint and reinstalling, but I shouldn't have to do that just for removing some Adobe products from my laptop..
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go to Tools menu in powerpoint and choose PowerPoint Add-ins and Uncheck / Remove the Adobe add-in.
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I had tried that already. None were listed.
I had to end up uninstalling and then reinstalling Office entirely. Just uninstalling and reinstalling PowerPoint alone didn't solve the issue.
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I am having the same problem here. I actually needed to uninstall office and reinstall it. Only malware has the same kind of behaviour.
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While in Excel for Mac, select Tools from the Menu bar > select Excel Add-ins...
When the Add-ins window appears, uncheck any checkboxes next to the add-ins you want to deactivate such as Saveasadobepdf. Click OK to save the change; the Adobe tab will no longer be displayed on the ribbon as long as you've deactivated all Adobe add-ins.
Hi, I have a adobe acrobat dc pro version installed on my macbook.
And I also have a office 2016 for Mac.
The acobat addin on the word for Mac version ribbon bar is unnessceary and I want to remove it.
However, the word for Mac is not the same with the word for win so I can't find ways to remove the addin.
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