The Windows version of Acrobat comes with macro packages for some applications that are called PDFMaker. You get one for e.g. MS Word, Excel, Outlook, ... This creates the toolbar in the application that allows you to create PDF files with one mouse click. On the Mac, you are on your own. Adobe blames Microsoft for not providing the same level of macro programming that is available in the WIndows version of Word.
So, you do not get the toolbar, but you can still create PDF files from Word: With your Word document open, select to Print. Then, with the print dialog open, click on the "PDF" button in the lower left corner and select "Save as Adobe PDF" from the list of options:
On the next dialog, you need to select the joboptions type, and then the output filename and you'll have your PDF file. However, you cannot assign a password in this operation, you need to open the file in Acrobat and add the password protection there. The same goes for merging files, you need to do this in Acrobat.
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