Help... strange characters are added to my header AFTER it is converted from Word to .pdf. More details:


- This problem is isolated to certain chapter headers and not all headers (the majority of the headers appear unaffected)
- What the header should look like (and does so when in the source Word 2007 format): 5: WiPort and WiBox Implementation
- What the header looks like when I create a .pdf using the Acrobat plugin (note the unwanted addition of "8B" to this header): 5: 8BWiPort and WiBox Implementation **See screenshot attached.**
- Problem happens when utilizing the Acrobat plug-in. This problem seems to be absent when directly printing to pdf but I need and prefer to use the plugin because of the fancier things I can do through it.
- My header (if toggling field codes): { STYLEREF "Heading 1" \n \* MERGEFORMAT }{STYLEREF "Heading 1" \* MERGEFORMAT }
- I've tried deleting the header completely and copy-pasting the header from a correctly behaving header... which should be fine since it is based on field codes tied to Header 1... no joy
- Using Word 2007 on Windows XP

Any suggestions appreciated! Thanks in advance.

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Similar issues have been reported earlier with certain PDF converters. My guess is that this is not a Word issue. If you install one of those free PDF converters, such as CutePDF, or use Word's internal converter, do you still see the problem?

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Thanks for replying, Stefan.

The thing is I prefer to use the Acrobat Plugin, because if I am not mistaken, it is part of Acrobat XI that our company purchased and has more bells and whistles I wish to employ in my projects... Do you know of a solution in fixing the Acrobat Plugin? Based on your observation that this is probably an Acrobat Plugin issue, I've also posted on http://forums.planetpdf.com/topic855_post3048.html#3048 which focuses on .pdf files... in case I posted in the wrong forum? Of course I would be grateful for any advice offered here too!

Thanks so much for your help!