Can't Convert Word File Containing Lotus Tables

I'm having an ongoing problem converting a specific type of Word document to .pdf format. My OS is Windows 7 Pro and I'm using Office/word 2007 and Acrobat 9 Standard with current updates, etc. Pretty much the only thing I use Acrobat for is straightforward conversion of Office documents to .pdf, and it always works well except in this particular instance.
I write routine reports in Word that include tables inserted from old Lotus (.wk4) files. To import the Lotus pages into my word document, I use Paste Special with the Picture - Windows Metafile option. This imports them just fine and is the only approach that works reliably. However, when I later attempt to convert this report to a .pdf file, the pages with the Lotus tables are garbled. Everthing else is perfectly fine. When I print these garbled pages, the hard copy looks excatly like what is on the screen.
I had the exact same problem with Acrobat 7 (my previous version) and I'm working with a fresh install of Acrobat 9 on a desktop computer that I built from scratch last month (new OS and everything). All these same problems occur on my laptop, in exactly the same way. As a check, I just tested this on my wife's XP-based desktop (with Acrobat 9 Standard, Office 2007, etc.) and it had the identical problem.
It appears to me that the issue I'm having is related to the specific images I'm importing into my word reports, not the version of Acrobat, the operating system, or anything else to do with the computers or installed software. At this point, I'm forced to pay for and use a conversion program by Nuance which works fine, but I'd much rather have Acrobat doing it's job for me.
Are there settings within Acrobat that might fix this problem? If anyone wants to test this using one of my documents, I can e-mail it to them. Thanks in advance for any help.

It's been quite a while since Acrobat worked for this particular application, probably several versions/years ago. I use the program for more general things and it works fine, but for these reports (which are very important to me) I've had to use the Nuance product, which works with no problems. I'd rather not switch over to that program, though. I'd much rather just get Acrobat to do what I imagine it shoudl be able to do.
BTW, this afternoon I tried changing some settings like unchecking "Convert Doc Info", "Create Bookmarks, etc.", and nothing improved. These are simple word documents with very little formatting, no links, nothing. It's just this one type of table that's failing. The tables end up being converted, but some of the numbers within the tables are all garbled. The bits of text within the tables are fine.
BTW, I'm using AA 9.5.5 and did yet another update this afternoon (to no avail).

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