Every time I convert a PDF to Word the text jumps around and the tables fall apart. How can I keep the layout?

Layout loss depends mostly on how the PDF was made.

1. Try Word itself. Open Word, choose File > Open and select the PDF. Word converts it and rebuilds the text. It works well for plain documents with text and simple tables, but not for complex layouts.
2. Use Acrobat's Export a PDF > Microsoft Word if you have it. It does the best job with tables and columns.
3. For a scanned PDF the file is a picture of text. You need OCR first, then the conversion.

After the conversion, turn on View > Show/Hide (paragraph marks) to see why lines jump. Often the cause is hard line breaks or text boxes. If the layout matters more than editing, edit the PDF itself instead of converting.

Word's own open worked for a text document. Tables I fixed by hand. Thanks.