Install all Windows updates and any available driver updates.
Update the application to the latest version.
Re-Install the application that requires PDFMOfficeAddin.dll.
Possible fixes for PDFMOfficeAddin.dll errors. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. This application has failed to start because PDFMOfficeAddin.dll was not found. Learn how to re-install PDFMOfficeAddin.dll. If the file is missing you may receive an error and the application may not function properly. If you need further assistance, contact Acrobat Technical Support.When an application requires PDFMOfficeAddin.dll, Windows will check the application and system folders for this. If the problem doesn’t occur with the file from another application, troubleshoot the specific behavior using the documents listed in Related Content. If the problem occurs with the file from another application, reinstall Acrobat Distiller. Then try to create a PDF file with Acrobat Distiller.
If you can’t create a PDF file from the new document, use a file from another application.
If you can create a PDF file from the new document, the problem could be related to PDFMaker.
Then try to create a PDF file from that document using the Adobe PDF printer and the Acrobat Distiller application:
If the file doesn’t indicate why Acrobat Distiller couldn’t create the PDF file, create a Word document that contains only a few words.
For example, if the file lists a PostScript error, troubleshoot the error according to the recommendations in
If the file indicates why Acrobat Distiller couldn’t create the PDF file, use the search text box on.
For Acrobat 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, X (as applicable)Īcrobat Ribbon is not availabe in Office 2016 or Office 365 applications on WindowsĪpplicable to Office 2016 or Office 365 versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Start Word using the /a switch and add PDFMaker manually.
Troubleshoot problems in Microsoft Word.
Troubleshoot conflicts with other macros in Microsoft Word.
If the Word document is protected, remove the protection.
Identify conflicting elements in the document.
Re-create any custom heading styles in the document, and then create the PDF file.
Re-create the Word document to eliminate any damage.
Switch to the Normal document view in Word, and then create the PDF file using Acrobat PDFMaker.
Enable only the Acrobat PDFMaker features the document uses.
Try to create a PDF with the Acrobat Distiller application.
Try to create a PDF file from Word with the Adobe PDF printer.
Troubleshoot Acrobat Distiller and the Adobe PDF printer (Applicable only to PDFMaker for MS Office 2003 and earlier).
Check Acrobat’s compatibility with Microsoft Office.
PDFMaker crashing with Office 2016 and Office 365 on Windows.
Acrobat Ribbon is not availabe in Office 2016 or Office 365 applications on Windows.