I convert a document to Word or Excel and the final result is a document that is formatted the same as the PDF but has jumbled garbage values that appear to be some form of computer code or Cyrillic letters.

Hi Robertk,

As per the description above, you are getting Jumbled values when you convert a PDF file into Word or Excel, Is that correct?

You may refer to the following links which discuss the similar issue:

When I convert my pdf to a word document, weird symbols show up on the word document. How do I prevent this? (Export PD…  Link: https://answers.acrobatusers.com/When-I-convert-pdf-word-document-weird-symbols-show-word- document-How-I-prevent-this-q152669.aspx

  Link: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1709275

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Anand Sri.