Microsoft KB Archive/224723

= WD2000: PDFWriter Toolbar Appears with New or Existing Document =

Article ID: 224723

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q224723



WARNING:This information is preliminary and has not been confirmed or tested by Microsoft. Use only with discretion.



SYMPTOMS
When you create or open a document, the PDFWriter toolbar (with a single button) appears. If you close the PDFWriter toolbar, it re-appears when you create or open a document.



RESOLUTION
The PDFWriter toolbar is controlled by being installed as a Word add-in. To turn off the functionality of the PDFWriter toolbar, you can remove the add-in from the Word Startup folder.

To remove an add-in from loading in Word at Startup, do the following:


 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Templates and Add-ins.
 * 2) In the Global templates and add-ins list, click to select the add-in you want to remove.
 * 3) Click Remove. (See note below.)

NOTE: If the Remove button is unavailable, use the following steps to permanently remove the add-in.  On the Tools menu, click Options. On the File Locations tab, click to select Startup in the File types list. Click Modify to view the complete path. Write this path down, and then click Cancel. Click Close. Quit all instances of Word, including WordMail.</li> Using Windows Explorer or My Computer, go to the Office Startup folder. If the following default path differs from the path you wrote down in step 4, go to the path you wrote down:

<drive>:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP

</li> Click to drag the add-in to another location, such as your desktop.</li></ol>

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MORE INFORMATION
The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

For additional information about PDFWriter, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

131744 Adobe Acrobat PDFWriter Shows as Network Printer

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