Random bold lines

I am trying to convert a Word document to PDF. The document contains tables that are linked to Excel. After I convert them to PDF,some of the total and subtotal lines are very bold, even though they are not bold in the document. Double lines randomly appear as very bold single lines, and regular single lines appear as very bold single lines. It doesn't do this for all lines, just some of them.
Can anyone help me figure out what is causing this?
Thanks!!

Converting Word (table) to pdf - lines screwed up - googled as far back as 2004.
BUG STILL exists. HELP/FIX PLEASE?
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/missing-table-lines-conversion-pdf-t878406.html
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/305508 
Trying to convert any word doc with tables (& shading) to PDF
- basic table, black borders throughout
- shaded headings, black outline border
- shaded subheadings, black outline border 
However when convert to PDF:
- 'displays' NO top cell border for some/all shaded rows
- shows diff thickness lines
- each conversion, diff lines missing/incorrectly sized
- however converted pdf prints perfectly fine 
Adobe know about the bug, per PRMW's (Paul's) post on 2009-07-15 15:44:34, however only offered a painful time consuming workaround using non-freeware Adobe Pro:
http://acrobatusers.com/forum/pdf-creation/word-pdf-table-lines-missing-or-faded#comment-7 8139
- "It is not feasable to edit 200+ tables in the PDF every time the PDF is generated, as we maintain the original in word.
- "This complete issue seems to have been passed off by Adobe as no problem and that there is a work around. I consider this an unsatisfactory response from a major product supplier. 
Microsoft TechNet & NitroPdf said it's an Adobe issue & to contact Adobe to fix the bug. 
Tried, but proble exists:
* Word 2010 > File  > Save & Send > Create PDF/XPS Document
* Word 2010 > Save As > Pdf
* Word 2010 > Print > PrimoPdf  (even tried properties > advanced > dpi 300/600/2400) > Custom
* Word 2010 > Print > doPDF v7  (even tried 'high quality images)
* Word 2010 > Print > PDFCreator
* Word 2010 > Print > CutePdf Writer      (even worse)
* Nitro Pdf Reader  > Convert From File > (even worse)
* www.pdfonline.com > Word to Pdf         (even worse)
* www.wordtopdf.com > email: Sorry, an unexpected conversion failure occurred when converting your file. 
Software:
* Word 2010 - tried with .docx & .doc (97 to 2003)
* Adobe Reader 8.2.6 (freeware), then upgraded to Adobe Reader X 10.0.1 (freeware)
* GhostScript 9.01 w32 (freeware)
* CutePdf Writer (freeware)
* PrimoPdf (freeware)
* Nitro Pdf Reader 1.4.0.11 (freeware)
* doPDF 7.2.361 (freeware)
* PDFCreator 1.2.0 (opensource - www.pdfforge.org) 
Seems to display better at 300%, but lines still not right (even at 2400%), but who views pdf's at this zoom? 
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