Hi @CoffeeT,
Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.
What you're describing, is typically caused by a page layout mismatch between Word and Acrobat during the conversion. Let's walk through it step by step.
Check your paper size settings first:
Word and the Adobe PDF printer driver need to agree on paper size, otherwise Word quietly recalculates page breaks and content shifts.
In Word, go to Layout > Size and note your paper size (e.g. A4 or Letter). Then in Acrobat, go to Edit > Preferences > Convert to PDF > Microsoft Word and confirm the paper size matches exactly.
Use the Acrobat tab inside Word, not "Save as PDF":
Word's built-in "Save as PDF" uses Microsoft's own export engine, which can reflow long documents differently. If you have the Acrobat add-in installed in Word, use Acrobat > Create PDF from the ribbon instead, it preserves layout far more reliably for manuscripts.
Look for floating images or text boxes near page breaks
In longer manuscripts this is a very sneaky cause. If any image or text box in your Word file has its text wrapping set to anything other than "In Line with Text," it can push content across page boundaries during conversion. Select each image/object, go to Picture Format > Wrap Text, and switch it to "In Line with Text."
Check for manual or section page breaks:
Scroll through your Word document and look for any manual page breaks (they appear as dotted lines in Draft view). An accidental break mid-paragraph can cause exactly the "skipped page" effect you're seeing. Go to View > Draft to make them all visible.
Try the Adobe PDF printer as a fallback:
If the above don't resolve it, go to File > Print in Word, select Adobe PDF as the printer, and print to file. This method bypasses the PDFMaker add-in entirely and often produces a clean layout for print-focused manuscripts.
Could you let us know which version of Word and Acrobat you're using, and whether you're on Windows or Mac? That'll help us narrow it down further if these steps don't fully resolve it.
~Amal
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