2 page PDF not exporting to docx (Word file) correctly

Good day to all,
My professors sends his notes to us on a 2 slide per page PDF file. Each slide contains very little information, hence I find its best to convert it into a word file with columns. It usually reduces the total number of pages from 34 to around 4 (a fairly significant difference). The problem is that I don't know of any program that can do this while maintaining the images as correctly editable. I've created this video to better describe my issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDsC_GEs3SQ&feature=youtu.be
Essentially it doesn't convert into Microsoft Word properly.
Also I've uploaded the 2 files. The first is of the raw pdf file which I'm trying to convert
http://www.mediafire.com/?0qhd475zc0jl6e4
The 2nd file is what I am trying to achieve. In order to do this I had to take screenshots of all the images individually and then type all the text myself. This is a very time-consuming process and there must be an easier way to attain the same result MUCH faster.
http://www.mediafire.com/?1st3elge9xc5s4u
Any advice, hints, tips, programs to make this an easier process would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!

I got some marginally better results than your video. You changed the borders to white. I simply selected the borders with the object touchup tool and deleted them. It is not clear if you are using AAX or earlier. The save that retains the format in AAX uses text boxes that are hard to deal with. I am using AA8 for this test and apparently it is not well set in terms of tags. The tags are used by Acrobat to tell MS WORD where to put things. My word version was OK, but it would still take a lot of work to get to the end product you had. Why not just ask the prof for a copy of the original notes. If he does not want to share them then you may be treading on thin ice with your process anyway. The example does look nice relative to what the PDF of the PPT or whatever looks like. However, you are getting into an area that may border on some university policies that you need to be careful about, even if your intention is simply for studying.

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