Word Document not converting/opening to pdf correctly

Please help, I'm so frustrated and don't know what to do.
I made a word document. The document is of raffle tickets so it has numbers on them. The numbers are perfect until I try to convert the document into a pdf file. When I try to convert the word document and save it as a .pdf and it opens in Acrobat it changes the numbering on the tickets. It not only changes the numbering on the tickets in the pdf file but it also changes the numbering in the original word document.
The different ways I've tried to open the document in Acrobat is: I went to file, save as, and changed the file type from .docx to .pdf. That didn't work. I also tried to do file, save and send, create pdf/xps. That also didn't work.
Please tell me there is a way that I can preserve the formatting on this document once it is saved as a .pdf file. I keep hitting brick walls. I also had the idea of opening it in Acrobat Professional but for some reason that won't download to my computer so please don't offer that as a solution.
Thanks for any help anyone can give!

Thanks guys so much for the replies! It means a lot. Here is a link to the file.
Shared Files - Acrobat.com
I'm not so sure I truly converted the file. I created the document in word and then opened the file in Acrobat using the save as a .pdf option. I don't know if that means its truly converted or not.
I'll try a different font and see. Thanks.
"How does it not download; do you get any error messages? What is your operating system?"
I tried to update my Creative Cloud app and before it finished my computer did something weird and shut down. (or maybe the update caused my computer to restart?) Then when I started my computer again, Creative Cloud would not open anymore nor would it update again nor could I download or install Acrobat Pro. My operating system is Windows 7 64 bit.

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