If you want to make PDF files why not bypass Adobe altogether. I have been
using Ghostscript+GSview for quite a while now and it has gotten to be
quite a nice product and of course it's free(beer and speech).

Besides useful for making PDF files it also is a good way to make bitmaps
of CAD documents for putting on webpages.

Takes a little getting used to, but well worth it. You print to disk as if
to a Postscript(Apple, NEC Silentwriter 90, QMS, etc) printer and run the
resulting file through the program.

Remember you need both programs, Ghostscript and GSview:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/get601.html

Cheers,

Bob