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Why do I get an extra unknown.pdf file generated from Word Macro from an x86 client?

April 26, 2017client extra file macro word x86

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Why do I get an extra unknown.pdf file generated from Word Macro from an x86 client?

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An ‘Unknown.pdf’ file is always generated in addition to the real PDF when you print from Word a x86 client via the macro. One workaround is to have the ‘overwrite’ option set for the PDF Creator module, such that the ‘Unknown.pdf’ file always gets overwritten. Alternatively, it should be possible to delete the ‘Unknown.pdf’ by running a post-processing script. The problem does not happen with Excel or PowerPoint and not on an x64 client. This should also be fixed in a future update.