Hi Jackredac,
Adobe Export PDF can create high-quality conversions, but the quality of converted document depends on the quality of the PDF file you start with. Do you get the same result with all the PDFs converted into word?
As mentioned that you have checked with different PDFs and the result is same, so would you please confirm the files you are working on does it contain any special font in it or these documents are scanned PDFs?
You may go through the Text is garbled in a converted file | Adobe Export PDF which would give more clarity on this.
Also, would that be possible for you to share a sample pdf with us? We would like to test the same at our end.
"You can share the file with us via email. And you can send it to the email that is shared via private message. Please do mention your forum thread in the subject"
Regards,
Akanchha