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The latest edition of Acrobat PDFMaker appears to be incompatibile with Word and PowerPoint. To fix this:

1. Start by closing Word. 
2. To open your hidden user Library folder, Go to the Finder (leftmost icon on the dock with blue/white face) and hold down the Option key while clicking on the Go menu and choosing Library. The folder will open.
3. Open ~/Library/Group Containers/UB48T346G9.Office/User Content/Startup/Word. 
4. Drag the Acrobat add-in file LinkCreation.dotm and possibly also SaveAsAdobePDF.ppam to your desktop, then restart Word to test that the crash is gone by opening a new blank document.
5. If the same error occurs, go to the Tools menu>Templates and Add-ins, and untick the boxes for the add-ins. If there are others for EndNotes or Zotero, leave those alone. 
6. Quit again.
7. Restart Word
8. Repeat steps 1-4.

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Does a “Run-time error 53” message appear every time you open a Microsoft Word or Powerpoint document?

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Users who have Adobe Acrobat 2020 Image Added will experience this issue due to an incompatible add-in Acrobat attempts to add into Work and Powerpoint. Image Added The work around to getting rid of these messages is to delete the add-ins: For PowerPoint: SaveAsAdobePDF.ppam For Word: linkCreation.dotm Tip Full solution: Purchase Adobe Acrobat Pro Subscription Image Added through your IT department.

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Solution 1

Step 1: Open the Library Folder Panel bgColor #79E2F2 Click on the Finder app Image Added Panel bgColor #FFC400 Click on the Go menu, hold down the Option key Image Added and choose Library.

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Step 2: Deleting the Problem Files

Panel bgColor #ABF5D1 After opening the Library folder, navigate through the following folders: 📁 Group Containers 📁 UB48T346G9.Office ⚠️ (The name may vary, but should end in ".Office") 📁 User Content 📁 Startup
Panel bgColor #FFC400 Deleting the PowerPoint File Within the 📁 Startup folder, open the 📁 Powerpoint folder Delete the file called “SaveAsAdobePDF.ppam”	Panel bgColor #79E2F2 Deleting the Word File Within the 📁 Startup folder, open the 📁 Word folder Delete the file called “linkCreation.dotm”

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Restart Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

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Solution 1 complete! If this did not work for you, please move to Solution 2.

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Solution 2

Step 1: Open the Library Folder Panel bgColor #79E2F2 Click on the Finder app Image Added Panel bgColor #FFC400 Click on the Go menu choose Computer.

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Step 2: Deleting the Problem Files

Panel bgColor #ABF5D1 After opening the Computer folder, navigate through the following folders: 💻 Macintosh HD 📁 Library 📁 Application Support 📁 Microsoft 📁 Office365 📁 User Content 📁 Startup

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Panel bgColor #FFC400 Deleting the PowerPoint File Within the 📁 Startup folder, open the 📁Powerpoint folder Delete the file called “SaveAsAdobePDF.ppam”	Panel bgColor #79E2F2 Deleting the Word File Within the 📁 Startup folder, open the 📁 Word folder Delete the file called “linkCreation.dotm”

Step 3: Deleting the Add-in in PowerPoint

Panel bgColor #79E2F2 While having PowerPoint open, click Tools, click Powerpoint Add-ins, Panel bgColor #FFC400 Check the SaveAsAdobePDF add-in, click the minus button to remove it, and click OK.

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Restart Microsoft PowerPoint.

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You’re done! 🎉