Overprinting and splitting letters when converting from word .docx

Hello
I have a 57 page word doc (made in Office 2010) which when it is converted to a PDF (via Acrobat pro 8) has a strange splitting of letters and slight overprint. I've included a screen shot below of the problem. I sent the document to someone with an updated version of Acrobat and they had the same issue.
Any ideas why it does this??

It's all in Arial so it shouldn't be a problem. One thing I did find is that if I deleted the images in the document, the problem went away. Maybe it is an issue with large images?? Each one is over 4 meg
Anyway I've bitten the bullet and put the whole thing in InDesign (where it should have been in the first place). It's taking ages but at least it is working!!!
many thanks

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