Word: Mac 2011 to PDF problems

Hi, I am preparing a dissertation in Word: Mac 2011 and must convert the file to a PDF for my submission process. When I save the document as a PDF, the result is multiple PDFs, which is okay as I know how to recombine them; however, the top or left margins on a few tables and pages between the tables do not hold. I have tried making sure that paper handling and scale options are not the issue. I have also reviewed this help document but the links do not seem to work. Please help!

This is an old problem that has plagued PDF's created from Word Documents since PDF has existed.
If you have any Page or Section Breaks, and also if any of the section breaks contain switches in Page Orientation its a given that it will happen.
MS has got so tired at Adobe dragging its feet fixing this problem that they added a PDF converter that does cure Page break problems and make cure section break problems except when page is switched from Portrait to Landscape orientation. It debuted in Office 2008. But has since been incorporated in Office 2004 through updates. They installed a direct word to PDF Converter. Simply, go to SAVE AS... from the file menu. Scroll down list of conversion type. until you see PDF. Choose PDF and it "should" create your document just fine.
This is one case where Adobe nor Microsoft want to admit to a bug. Its kind of like the old chex cereal Commercial. "I don't like, you eat it. NO I don't like it You eat it. Instead of fixing the problem they've let it go on close to 20 years now. Adobe swears up and down that if they could just could figure out Word and excel Page and Orientation Code for Section and page Breaks.
Microsoft has come up with there own Converter for PDF In Office 2008 you go to Save As... and from scroll list choose PDF. Its also been introduced in 2004 in some updates. Even it may not solve the issue if you have section breaks with Page orientation changes (from Portrait to Landscape)
If you can't or won't update do the Following:
open first part of PDF
go to Documents Menu
Select insert Page scroll to end of document then choose insert at end of page. choose the desired PDF into insert.
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This is easy, with just your 3 page document. But gets old fast, if you have a 500 page Document with lots of page or section breaks.

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