Printing Word docs sometimes output is messed up

I'm using Acrobat X Pro for the first time and Windows 7 64-bit with MS Word 2007.
Basically sometimes I can generate a PDF from Word with no problems at all using the base settings. Then suddenly one will show up all weird, almost like it is monochrome. It happens about 1 in 3 times I generate .docx to .pdf and is driving me crazy.
I have tried various settings, High Quality, Press etc. as well as changing Color settings and nothing seems to change. Also if a document ends up this way, it will be screwed up no matter how many times I try to generate it. It does not seem to matter what is in the document, but it must be something specific that is causing this. I have tried text files, docs with a lot of graphics and it seems to happen to any type of document...but only sometimes.
Now if I take a snapshot of the PDF, and put that copied portion back into Word, it looks fine.I tried that to add a small piece of the doc here so people could view it.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Hi, thanks for the reply - what I am trying to do is PDF the document using the default settings in Acrobat as I usually do.I'm not using any strange fonts or colors and other documents using the exact same parameters are fine when generated.
I normally use the "Create PDF" option on the Acrobat tab in Word 2007. I have also tried using the Save as - Adobe PDF or the Print - Adobe PDF route and it gives the same result. I am using MS Word 2007 Ultimate - I have no idea if that is 32 or 64 bit, I would assume it is 64.
This is what the clip above should look like (and does in Word):
Now I normally do at least 2-3 PDFs a day at work and I have been having this problem for about a month now (since I moved to my current laptop, an old Dell)
I haven't come across this problem ever before so if you need any more info just let me know.
Thank you!
Joel

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