So I went the Google route. Three of the
resulting links are included below.
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/11/acrobat-8-incompatible-with-office.html
http://decoding.wordpress.com/2006/11/26/adobe-acrobat-8-and-ms-office-2007/
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc3e0ce
This hassle all stems from a battle between
Microsoft and Adobe over the pdf option Microsoft
wanted to include in Office 2007. At some point,
there will probably be a patch, but in the meantime,
here is my suggestion: If you plan to use Acrobat 8
frequently, don’t install Office 2007 until the
patch is available, OR if you still want to install
Office 2007, be prepared to download the add-in from
Microsoft at
http://tinyurl.com/2v77sn. Somebody
said that this add-in is already included in some
versions of Office 2007. More confusion.
If you have this add-in installed, when you have a
Word document you want to make an interactive pdf
form, you won't find the Adobe PDF buttons on your
toolbar to convert the file, but you can save the
file as a pdf document, open it in Acrobat, and then
make it an interactive pdf form.
And be aware of other problems in the Office
upgrade. While I am on a rant (bias openly stated),
I’ll just mention that although Acrobat 8 is a
wonderful upgrade, Office 2007 is tediously
exasperating. Although there are many new bells and
whistles that make me say, “Ahhh! Neat!” there are
more occasions when I’m searching for the cleverly
hidden new location of the command I need in a hurry
and my reaction is “Arrrrrgh!”