Word 2000 - PDF insert problem

[rdg03]

Using Office 2000. I insert a small PDF file into a blank Word document, using the Insert\Object\Create from File menu route, clicking the "Display as icon" checkbox where the PDF file is selected.

The Acrobat icon for the PDF file is displayed. So far so good.

However, when double-clicking the icon in the Word document, Acrobat Reader v5.0 loads as expected, but doesn't display the PDF. Instead Acrobat Reads displays an error message "There was an error opening this document. A file read error has occurred"

This is running under Windows NT4, and the file association for PDF is working correctly, i.e. Acrobat Reader v5.0 runs. I can double-click on the PDF file in Explorer and it loads into Reader without a problem.

Any ideas anyone?

 

[ireeves]

Try inserting the pdf as an object from a file without placing a check in the box to display as an icon. Let me know if it works. That is how I do it and it still inserts an icon in the document.

 

[rdg03]

I tried it without checking the "Display as an icon" box, but I get the same thing - ACRORD32.EXE loads, but same message.

 

[Hammertime]

Have you gone to Adobe and updated your version of Acrobat to version 5.0.5?

http://www.adobe.co.uk/support/downloads/main.html

Hammertime

 

[rdg03]

I've actually downloaded and installed Acrobat v6, and the process of inserting a PDF as an object then double-clicking it does launch v6 without a problem. What is interesting though is that the original PDF document, inserted when Reader v5 was installed, won't load still, but the error message is different - now it's "file does not begin with '%pdf-'. ".

I think this suggests the problems were caused by Acrobat Read v5, so thanks for the help.