PDF created in MS Word does not print special characters correctly

I am having a problem with converting an MS Word document to a PDF. This document contains the Ohm symbol and the greater than or equal to symbol. I am using Word 2007 and Acrobat X Pro.
I am simply using the insert symbol feature in Word to insert the symbols. They appear fine in Word. When I print to PDF the Ohm symbol turns into an '&' and the greater than or equal to symbol turns into an 'e'.
A fellow I work with who has the exact same computer and program setup as me does not have this issue.
What can I do to correct this?
Thanks!
Chris

I tried all of the print/press options and they all do the same thing.
I have always used the pdf maker button from the MS Word ribbon.
I just tried using the print dialog and selected Adobe PDF with the 'high quality print' option that I need to use and this time it worked! But it is not really fixed as I make a lot of PDFs every day and need the one-click functionality.
In the PDFs that work and PDFs where the character fails I tried editing the text and it says that the font is substituted. In MS Word i am using Arial, Acrobat is using some "ArialMT" font that I never heard of.
The embeded fonts are also listed as ArialMT.

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