Error Opening Excel File into Adobe Acrobat

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Issue/Question

I am trying to upload an excel file to create a form document in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro but I get an error message

Error: "Unable to find "adobe PDF" resource files.  "Acrobat PDFMaker" You must have administrator privileges to install these files.  Please contact your local system administrator

Environment

  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Excel
  • Word

Cause

Incorrect permissions

Resolution

  1. Open file in native program
    1. ie. Excel, Word, etc
  2. Save file as a .pdf document
  3. Open document in Adobe Pro

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