why is my font changing when i export from word to pdf

I generally use one of Microsoft’s competitors and have never experienced your particular issues. I do not know if this will solve your problem, but it’s worth a try. This could certainly account for the changes in font size, margins, and etc. So, unless you create the document with the PDF printer driver as the default printer, when you attempt to print the PDF, Word will do its thing and reformat your document. I believe that Word relies upon a PDF “printer driver” to create the PDF file. They just do not seem to recognize that it is a problem. Microsoft has been unresponsive to my complaints about this issue and I have been complaining since Word 2.0. These formatting changes may include changed margins, changed fonts and font sizes, changed page lengths, character substitutions, tab settings, to name a few that I have experienced. In other words, a word document created with a HP LaserJet printer as the default printer, often experiences significant formatting changes if the document is then opened on a computer with a different default printer. Word has a nasty habit of changing the formatting of a document with each change in default printers. It may not be an Acrobat problem at all, or one beyond Adobe’s control. Is there any information you might have to assist me? Thank you very much!

It seems like a small thing but this is for a grant and if these particulars are not as specified, we will lose points on the grant and potentially lose the award. I'm wondering now if it's more a printer setting problem but need to know. Oddly, the margins still measure as 1' so it isn't changing that, just the font size. I've tried adjusting the font size in Word (making it 12.5pt, etc) and also tried to play around with the 'embed font' feature in 'preferences' but nothing seems to have made the font sizes match. I think it 'reads' in Adobe as 12pt but if I hold the two printed documents up against each other, I can see that everything on the PDF page appears 'compressed'. I convert it (using the 'Create PDF' button in Word), and the font size in the resulting PDF is smaller than in the original Word document. The document I'm converting is required to be in Times New Roman at 12pt font with 1' margins. I have Adobe Reader 9 and Adobe Acrobat Pro I'm not sure which one the system is using to do the conversion but here's the issue:

I'm having a problem with converting a file from Word 2007 to PDF.

Why is my font changing when i export from word to pdf