Opening Word 2007 docs in Word 2013 and formatting is changed??

We just installed 2 new PC's on the network with Office 2013.  Everyone else is running 2007.  When an existing file is opened on either of the 2 PC's running Word 2013 the formatting and layout is changed.  The font is changed even though
the same font is available and the layout is changed a little and the document does not fit on 1 page any more.  It shifts about 2 or 3 lines at the bottom to the next page.  When we open the same file in Word 2007 everything is still good.  Word
2013 opens the file in 'compatibility mode' but still the layout is changed.  We have hundreds of documents that we need to be able to open in both Word 2007 and 2013.  Any suggestions on how we can make this work??

Hi,
As far as I know, if we open a Word 2007 file in Word 2013 with Compatibility Mode, it will preserve the layout of the document. I recommend you try to convert the document to the Word 2013 mode to test. Steps:
Click the File tab.
To convert the document without saving a copy, click Info, and then click
Convert.
Reference:https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Use-Word-2013-to-open-documents-created-in-earlier-versions-of-Word-609bbdba-96f2-407b-baaf-d8e53d60d34f?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
If this issue still exists, could you send us a sample file via Email ([email protected])? I'd like to test it.
Regards,
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