Word mail merge doc format goes awry on Edit selected documents

we have a .docx file merging data from excel workbook and it has been working fine up until now.  However, when we now get the data and select Finish/Merge and choose Edit individual documents, the pages get displayed completely wrong.

Here is the template file preview when clicking the preview button

However, when then doing the Finish/Merge and Edit Individual documents, it shows up as follows:

One can see that the Quantity columns get re-arranged.

Any thoughts/ideas on what might be happening is appreciated.  This issue was not encountered as recently as 8/8/2022.