Acrobat 7 problem with Word 2003

There is a know problem with Acrobat 7 plugin that prevents Word 2003 from saving normal.dot template.

 

See references like

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article ID 906899 - Word does not save changes or you receive an error message in an Office program after you install Adobe Acrobat 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=906899

or the article "Lose that Adobe Acrobat Toolbar - without losing the Adobe functionality"

http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm

 

If you don't want to use regedit to change

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\PDFMaker.OfficeAddin]'s subkey "LoadBehavior" from 3 to 0.

you can use these at your own risk.

Registry patch files (.reg) to toggle Acrobat 7 plugin on and off (right click to download, otherwise your browser may just show you the content of the files)

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