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mikew91406773
mikew91406773
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August 6, 2015
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Office 2016 & PDFMaker

  • August 6, 2015
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Is there anyway to make Office 2016 64-bit compatible with Adobe Acrobat DC Pro PDFMaker?

I make PDFs of all my e-mails and this feature is sorely needed. Right now I have to use Nuances

PDF Converter Pro to do this. I prefer to use only one PDF program. Earlier versions of Acrobat

and Office did a better job than Nuance but I haven't been able to get the new versions of Office

and Acrobat to co-operate. Why can't Adobe keep this function on all versions of Acrobat?

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cantorternary
Inspiring
October 13, 2015

So the newest Adobe DC update came out today Patch Tuesday as suggested by Staff earlier.

The Acrobat Menu has returned to Word and Excel. I tested creating a PDF in Excel and it did work.

So after a month of foot-dragging by Adobe, Adobe DC is now compliant with Office 2016.

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    woodp
    Participating Frequently
    October 13, 2015

    So after a month of foot-dragging by Adobe, Adobe DC is now compliant with Office 2016.

    ... while Acrobat XI Pro isn't.

    Consider that the entire Office suite is only $100/yr while an Acrobat DC subscription is how much? Which is the greater value and which is the greatest disappointment?

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      cantorternary
      Inspiring
      October 13, 2015

      For DESKTOP Windows software (as opposed to server software), Adobe Acrobat is the MOST expensive piece of desktop software in the world on a dollars / pound basis and on a worth basis. That is why their foot dragging has been so disgusting.

        szisziisti
        szisziisti
        Participant
        October 1, 2015

        Hy

        Office 2016 Outlok working wit Adobe Maker (Gshobo wrote  thanks)

        close Office 2016 all

        open regedit

        search "GreatestSuppVer" change to the value of the 16

        The Number 16 = Office 2016

        Change ALL REGEDIT !   5-6 change.

        Please help me  Outook working but  excel and word not...

        Renaiolo
        Renaiolo
        Participating Frequently
        October 1, 2015

        Danke für die Tipps. Ich habe die regedit-Änderungen durchgeführt. Das Problem besteht unverändert...

        Thanks for the tips. I have performed the regedit changes. The problem is unchanged ...

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          gshobo
          Participant
          September 30, 2015

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          It is obvious that a lot of the third parties have to update their program add-ons.  Adobe does for sure.  Got around the current issue with the acrobat add-in by using the advise found on the net. Close Outlook 2016.  Open  regedit and search for GreatestSuppVer  and change to the value of the 16 (have to select decimal, you will see, otherwise the hexadecimal will appear as a letter).  Search only found the adobe program.. so was fine.  There were several that needed changes - I think was 8.  Then exit out.  Open Outlook 2016 again.  Then you have to click File then Options then Add-ins then Manage COM Add-Ins  and allow the Acrobat PDFmaker COM addin.   Close Outlook and reopen - and everything is fine.    DC is completely compatible.  By the way, the regedit also fixes the issues you may find in other Office 2016 programs - they will either now appear in the toolbar, or you might have to allow in a similar way.  Point is, is an easy update for Adobe to do, they just may want to test it out first.  I would think should be an update out there fast knowing it is all compatible.

          Also the slowness for some  is due to an add-on in outlook 2016

             Some are not so easy to fix as the acrobat. I just kept disabling one at a time until I found the one that cause the problem - then was fast

          So many there - I disabled some of the new ones Outlook 2016 added, and one from Nuance - and that did it for me

          Might be easier to delete all you don't use, then add back as needed.

          Of course you should close Outlook 2016 after disabling the add-on and then reopen to see the result

            mccmark
            mccmark
            Inspiring
            September 30, 2015

            Man, I don't know how you found that, but it worked, thank you very much!

            r gordons79595402
            r gordons79595402
            Participating Frequently
            September 29, 2015

            This is a bummer.  I bought Acrobat XI specifically to be compatible with Office 365, now it isn't.  I am screwed.  I am losing faith in Adobe. 

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              stephen7144
              Inspiring
              December 22, 2015

              Think:  Adobe=GREED.  That is how it has always been and seems to be the way they intend to keep it. This can last only so long as customers will get tired of this abuse by the company they are supporting. Since I need to buy different software to convert email to acrobat now that Acrobat XI pro in not compatible, I will think like Adobe and make it about money. I will find a free or inexpensive acrobat converter program and use the money I will save when I cancel Photoshop and Lightroom CC subscription next time. I rarely use either anymore because there are many newer programs that do very similar tasks as Photoshop at a greatly reduced cost.

              Nuno Diniz
              Nuno Diniz
              Participating Frequently
              September 27, 2015

              I have the same problem with Excel 2016. I work every day with Excel and I create multiple sheets to a single PDF Adobe Acrobat format file. With the automatic upgrade from Office 2013 to Office 2016 the Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Addin is present in the options but do not work neither appears on tool bar.

              It’s inadmissible that Adobe does not solve these multiple problems. The Adobe Acrobat is an expensive application for these issues.

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                kiddingguy
                Participating Frequently
                September 22, 2015

                Today - as part of Office 365 - MS Office 2016 has been released.

                The Acrobat DC plugin is not working (despite Office 2016 for Mac already being released several months ago).

                How can this be that - despite all Preview versions of Office 2016 - Adobe is not able/capable to release an updated version of its latest and greatest Acrobat to be compatible with Office 2016??

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                  Test Screen Name
                  Legend
                  September 22, 2015

                  Your expectations, that Adobe will do this as a priority and release things on the day of availability, may be reasonable, but it has never been this way. Often we had to wait for a major version upgrade for support for new versions of Word, so there was a need to pay. Otherwise Adobe would be subsidising Microsoft. No idea how priorities will work with subscriptions, but I don't expect any more speed.

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                    Bill12
                    Inspiring
                    November 17, 2015

                    Dov - Other cheaper software seems to have found another alternative that works fine.  Isn't this why MS does public beta versions of its software?


                    Most of that software runs through the print option. That should still work with Acrobat DC. It is just PDF Maker that requires additional work. Most vendors do not pursue to working with preview versions to a large extent because the final release is often much different. If this is an excuse, maybe. But you should consider the wasted effort that has gone on in the past working with previews (betas) and then the final release requires a whole new design.

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                    powerful_Flutter6C2C
                    Participant
                    September 5, 2015

                    I have Word 2016, and I can tell you that PDF maker does not work with the desktop version of Acrobat DC at all. It doesn't work from the Acrobat DC application, and it doesn't work if you are within Word and try to Print > Save as Adobe PDF.  Error messages abound, Acrobat freezes, and it also opens up multiple copies of Word with the document you are trying to create showing up as having no content. I was on the phone yesterday for an hour with an Adobe support person. It's a total no-go. However, you can convert Word files to PDF with the Creative Cloud version of Acrobat DC. The problem with that is that Acrobat does some wild font substitution - like substituting weird cursive fonts and such even if you have created the original Word document using a font from Typekit.  I am still in my 14 day subscription period, so I'm canceling. Hope it gets fixed though. Meantime, there are some free online conversion tools that work.

                      RahulTyagi_
                      RahulTyagi_
                      Participating Frequently
                      August 6, 2015

                      Hi mikew91406773

                      Office 2016 is not even released yet so i can't give you a word about its compatibility with Acrobat DC PDF maker.

                      and if you were referring to Office 2016 preview, then as of now there's no update on its compatibility with Acrobat DC PDF Maker.

                      Once, it is released we can let you know about its compatibility with Acrobat DC PDF maker.

                      Regards,

                      Rahul

                      Annie Ce
                      Annie Ce
                      Participating Frequently
                      September 28, 2015

                      I have similar problem with Word and other Office 2016 (automatic update was done via Office 365) with CS6 Master collection (including Acrobat Pro) : Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Addin is present and activated, but nothing on tool bar. If i try to use Print mode to Acrobat Printer, it take a lot of time (45 mn for 200 pages !! Before it was done in 20 sec).

                      It is incredible from Adobe : the price of CS6 was a lot of money (and CS 5.5 before!) and Office 2016 preview was ready for Adobe tests since February !!!

                      Is the problem will be solved both for Acrobat DC and CS6 (Acrobat Pro X) ? When ?

                      This is very urgent, because i use every days for editing !

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