> 1) Acrobat 6 Professional places a .dot file in Word's startup items > folder > that yields a PDF creation toolbar in Word after it starts up. It > causes > Word to load slower than molasses in January. Delete this .dot file > and > don't let Acrobat restore it. I am not having crashing problems, but this is something I meant to look into to get rid of - I never use this feature of Acrobat. Thanks!!! John Pariseau