You receive a "Compile error in hidden module" error message when you start Word or Excel

This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:

• The Microsoft Office Startup folder or the Microsoft Excel Startup folder contains either or both of the following Adobe Acrobat PDFMaker add-in template files:
  Pdfmaker.dot
  Pdfmaker.xla
• Norton AntiVirus software is installed.

To remove these files yourself this, follow these steps.

1. Click Start, point to Search, and then click For Files or Folders.
2. In the Search for file or folders named box, type pdfmaker.dot pdfmaker.xla.
3. In the Look In box, click the disk drive where Windows is installed, such as C:, and then click Search Now.
   
   The Pdfmaker.dot file is located in one of the following folders:
   • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Startup (Word 2000)
   • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Startup (Word 2002)
   • C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Startup
   The Pdfmaker.xla file in located in one of the following folders:
   • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Xlstart (Excel 2000)
   • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Xlstart (Excel 2002)
   • C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\Xlstart
4. In the Search Results window, right-click the file for each file that is found, and then click Cut.
5. On your desktop, right-click the My Documents folder, and then click Paste.