How do I remove/edit Acrobat menu items in Word 2003?

Having a weird problem; I posted it over at the Acrobat forums at adobe.com as well as on the Word-PC list, and no joy so far. I’m running WinXP Pro v2002 SP2, Word 2003 (11.8215.8202, SP3), Acrobat 8 Pro.

I have the “Adobe PDF” (with B as the hotkey) and “Acrobat Comments” in my Word 2003 menu bar. I would like to remove “Acrobat Comments” altogether, and change “Adobe PDF” to just “PDF” with no hotkey. I know how to do this by changing the Normal template, but the menu items just come right back again the next time I open Word. I’ve tried checking my other global (startup) templates and deleting them there; same thing. I do not have this trouble with any other of my customized menus and templates, only the ones that were put there by Acrobat – so this seems more like an Acrobat issue than a Word issue, which is why I initially posted it over there. I don’t want to delete these menu items outright as I occasionally create PDFs from Word.

A Word-PC member says that as she recalls it, the Acrobat menus aren’t installed as part of regular Word templates/add-ins; i.e., they’re not in your Word templates or startup folders. (True enough for me.) She says that when she did find them (no details avaiable), she was unable to edit them.

Any ideas? Has anyone else run into this weird bug?

Don’t use Adobe, so no idea of the answer. But, you might try Woody’s Lounge. It’s got some really bright folks who seem to know Word inside-and-out. Registration required, but they don’t spam you or anything.