The first Section has two text columns with a Footnote in it and currently Aspose.Words does not preserve this layout during rendering this Word DOCX document to PDF (and other formats). We have logged this problem in our issue tracking system with ID WORDSNET-22390. We will further look into the details of this problem and will keep you updated on the status of correction. We apologize for your inconvenience.
@njlgad Unfortunately the issue has been postponed and currently we cannot provide you any estimates.
Your document is in MS Word 2013 mode. The document contains a multi-column section with footnotes.
MS Word 2013 balances columns and footnotes separately from each other. But in a similar case, in compatibility mode, MS Word balances the column content and the footnotes together.
Aspose.Words only support MS Word behavior in compatibility mode. This is a new feature.