Remove Acrobat from my ribbon in Word for Windows 10?

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April 22, 2019
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How do I remove Acrobat from my ribbon in Word for Windows 10? I didn't ask for it to be installed, but Adobe apparently thinks it knows more about what I want then I do. It is rather useless as I can generate a pdf without using it. It takes up valuable real estate on my ribbon.

Any help on this subject would be appreciated.

General troubleshooting

최고의 답변: John Waller

In Word, File > Options > Add-Ins,

At the bottom of the Word Options dialogue box, select Manage "COM Add-ins", click Go.

In the COM Add-ins screen which pops up, uncheck Acrobat to disable the Add-in. Click OK.

gudguy1a

Participating Frequently

Yep, same here.
I was kind of pissed off because I was sampling Adobe Sign, which I had believed WAS a single product. But instead, I got the WHOLE FRIGGIN' adobe pro suite WHICH I DID NOT WANT...!!!
So I uninstalled it post-haste and canceled that subscription.
I had not asked or checked a box to have adobe be part of my office suite.

THAT is the decision WE make, NOT adobe.... Glad you (Joe needs help) brought this up when you did - even if it was 3.5 years ago. Still useful. Thanks.

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kgbf

Known Participant

I've been having trouble with the latest version of Adobe Acrobat, and don't want it connected with Word at all. I followed the instructions from @John Waller, which removed the ribbon option, but my saved PDF still opened in Acrobat Pro, and I think Word still used Acrobat to convert to PDF. Does anyone know how I can go back to saving Word docs as Microsoft PDFs? (Like how people without Acrobat save to PDFs and can view it in IE (or preview on a Mac)? I really, really, want to avoid a formatting error I'm having with my version of Acrobat. Thank you!

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Dan28996837qegs

Participant

You can use the Microsoft Print to pdf, works great!

gudguy1a

Participating Frequently

Yep, it is perfect for that.

We (me...) just have to remember to ensure we select print to Adobe PDF and 'not' the regular printer that is always selected...

pain in the butt b/c once in a while, I forget to to switch the destination.....

Abambo

Community Expert

RMB->Customize the Ribbon

If, however, you want to remove the plug-in, proceed as indicated here: 11 hours ago!

You can create a PDF without using it, but the PDF created via the plug-in keeps some of the Word formatting features (hyperlinks, TOC links, bookmarks, ...) that get otherwise lost.

You can test if "Save as PDF" from Word will keep those features.

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