Acrobat remains open after docmd.printout

I'm creating and opening a report, then using docmd.printout to create a pdf. I set the path parameters etc. before printing. The problem is later when I combine the pdf with others and then try to kill the original pdf, I find that Acrobat.exe is still open so I'm unable to get rid of the orig pdf. How can I close Acrobat.exe after doing the docmd.printout? docmd.close only closes the original report.

Go into your Acrobat settings and tell Acrobat to close after creating the pdf. It defaults to Preview mode unless you tell it otherwise.

jlm, thanks for responding. I've looked at Acrobat settings and don't see one for closing after printing. I'm using Adobe Acrobat 5.0. Can you point me in the right direction for this setting?

After docmd.printout the PDF is not visible, however using Task Manager I can see that acrobat.exe is still open in the background, so that when I combine the last pdf with others and then try to kill the individual pdfs, the last one created will not kill as it is still open (in the background). HELP!!!

BTW, when I leave the calling sub acrobat closes by itself, however this doesn't help me as I'm looping through several records.