My It guy suggested the same thing, however I paid for office 2016 as yearly subscription. I don't see why anyone should have to rollback to a previous version to fix a problem that obviously Microsoft have created in the last few days. I have spoken to Microsoft and suspect that they are going to compete with Adobe on the PDF issue. Printing PDF form Acrobat isn't the issue is the (save as acrobat PDF) function that has become the issue and sounded very much like to me that Microsoft are preparing to rid a 3rd party applications where they supply a simular feature, only in this case they don't supply the simular feature.
Microsoft claim they inform relevant software suppliers of there updates. In this case I believe that has not happened and I really wonder what's behind Microsoft giving everyone the chance to upgraded to windows 10 for free. Whilst many are taking up the opportunity to do so.
Just to clarify my idea. I wasn't suggesting going back to Office 2013. I was suggesting removing the latest update to go back a week or so before the problem. Can't see why anyone would be reluctant to undo something which broke things. If it's easy and safe of course. I do know that I won't allow automatic updates, this sort of thing is inevitable if everyone gets zero day updates.
Over a week has gone by and the issue is still there ... just writing to keep the topic warm and show that you (that are reading this) are not alone.
I have dozens of docs accumulated that need to be converted to PDF with functional internal links. The workarounds (print to pdf or save as pdf from Word menus) do not work for me, because they loose the internal links and/or are generating a lot larger pdfs (3-5 times larger) than the pdf maker, even after I tweak the settings. PDF Maker has been the best solution for me for the last six months and now I am simply tied to it. I really need this fix to be released.
Since I could not wait anymore for a fix, I decided to ROLL BACK my Office version to the previous one. IT WORKED and I am once again able to use the PDF Maker Add-in to create my optimized pdfs with all internal links working perfectly for online viewing. It took me only 10 minutes to roll back. If you want to do it too, just follow the steps below:
To revert to an earlier released version of Office 2013 or Office 2016 as an Office 365 installation, you must use a command line and specify the build number you would like to revert to.
As the Office 365 installations are automatically updated in the background, you must disable the automatic updates first. This can be done in any Office 365 application via: File-> Office Account-> Update Options-> Disable Updates
Open an elevated command prompt:
Start-> type: cmd
Right click on: Command Prompt
Choose: Run as administrator
Provide your administrator credentials or confirm the User Account Control dialog when prompted.
Type the command below that applies to your version of Office and/or Windows
Office 2016 cd %programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\
Office 2013 on Windows 32-bit cd %programfiles%\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX86\
Office 2013 on Windows 64-bit cd %programfiles%\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\
You can specify the built number to return to in the following way: officec2rclient.exe /update user updatetoversion=<build number>
Replace <build number> with the build number that you want to return to. There is an overview of build numbers you can return to for Office 2013 and Office 2016.
Example to revert to the January release of Office 2016: OfficeC2RClient.exe /update user updatetoversion=16.0.6366.2062
Example to revert to the January release of Office 2013: OfficeC2RClient.exe /update user updatetoversion=15.0.4787.1002
I say thanks to Giovanni for this guideline of going back to an old version too - but I'm not sure how long this status will persist. Looking at the Scheduled Tasks of my Windows 10 I see frequently scheduled updates by the OfficeC2RClient.
And I would like to underline what cohimare.de said: we all have paid for Office 365 and Acrobat and expect to see both working - even together.
Regards. My system: LR Classic 11.3.x., PS 23.3.x, Bridge 12.0.x - Windows 10
Hi, i updated to Office build 16.0.6568.2036, and yes it works but the add-on doesnt stay on when i go to excel 2016. I have to go to options, Add-Ins, Com Add-ins, then i choose Acrobat PDFmaker, i can use create PDF and no problem, BUT, when i close excel 2016 and re-open, then no acrobat add on showing. I uninstalled Acrobat DC and re-installed Acrobat, it's still the same. Any suggestions please.
Well I figure out if you open excel/word as administrator the button shows no problem, but when I choose properties, open file location, then choose program to save as admin its grayed out.
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