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Sir,
The problem here seems to me like the text in question was copied from a web page or some sort of HTML document and pasted in a word document, then exported to PDF.
I tried to examine your document but it appears that it is an XML file that was saved into word. Is either that, OR, if you were working in a networked environment, the web server where the original source documents reside are not updated properly with all the supporting MIME types (I may be wrong though).
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Curiously enough, however, the Accessibility Checker in MS Word is able to see all the issues:
So, at this point , these are a few ideas that I can think of :
1) When I inspected the file it appears as an XML file that was saved As MS Word coument (.docx) It might've had some Macros or the original document was created using templates. But the file you shared has no identifyble Macros.
2) Please see solution offered by Test Screen Name in another forum:
3) Also, please read throuruoghly so you get a better grasp of this XML:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/open-xml/understanding-the-open-xml-file-formats
4) I also tried to open the file using a web browser or even with Notepead. I should be able to see the XML structure and edit or modify entries but I coulddn't. It seems like it is also encrypted. I even tried an online XML parser service and the same scrambled encryption shows us, which renders me with no successful options but to reply all of this back to you.
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5) My best recommendation is, to avoid wasting your valuable time with troubleshooting, is for you to try to create a Word document from scratch. Do not use this file that you were using in the example that you shared here in the forum.
Also ensure that you are using no Macros and no templates, no add-ins (visual basic, visual C++). Just start simple with a blank document page. And when you copy text from an HTML source, or any other source, before you paste it in to another editor (like MS Word in this case), make sure that you select "Keep Text Only" (this applies to all MS Office suite products).
To avoid this hassle (and the risk of transfering embedded code through the pasting action), I personally preffer to work with WordPad (or another text editor); have all my bulk text created first... then copy from there more safely and into MS Word.
After that I will assign the formatting that I want in MS Word and add images and such later.
This is a rule of thumb for writers and publishing agencies.
You always develop all the bulk text first(IN PLAIN TEXT THAT IS), then you print a hard copy and review it; you mark errors and apply corrections LATER in your MS Word text document. AND THEN, LAST, assign the formatting and body to your MS Word document.
I also prefer to work like this to ensure that there is no chance in Heaven that viruses or malicious code will trigger, OR, like in your case, to avoid dealing with this problem just like pharaohs dealt with pests in Egypt in the context of the old testament biblical proportions... literally!)
Make sure that when you copy text from an HTML source (or any other source with XML) that you paste it in your word processing application like shown below:
Keep text only will avoid merged text and other embedded formatting code to be transferred (this is true with and all of MS Office applications)
6) When you are done with the MS Word document (preferably following the suggestions above), the editing (if any) would be a lot easier.
Then all that is left for you to do at this point is to convert your MS Word document to PDF and continue to enjoy Adobe Acrobat normally.
Sir,
The problem here seems to me like the text in question was copied from a web page or some fort of HTML document; then it was pasted in a word document and exported to PDF.
I examined your document and it appears like it is an XML file that was saved into word.
Either that, OR, if you were working in a networked environment, the web server where the original source documents reside has not been updated with all the supporting MIME types (I may be wrong though).
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So, at this point , these are a few ideas that I can think of :
1) When I inspected the file it appears as an XML file that was saved As MS Word coument (.docx).
It could've had some Macros when the original document was created using templates. But the file that you shared showed no identifyble Macros whe I used the "Check for Inspection" tool in MS Word (Office 365).
Curiously enough, however, the Accessibility Checker , in my MS Word was able to point out all the same issues you are referring to.
2) Please see solution offered by Test Screen Name in another forum:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/Acrobat-Reader/How-do-I-open-an-XML-file-in-Adobe-Reader-from-a-form-...
3) Also, please read throuruoghly so you get a better grasp of this XML thing:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/open-xml/understanding-the-open-xml-file-formats
4) I also tried to open the file using a web browser or even with Notepead. I should've been able to see the XML structure and edit (or modify) entries but I coulddn't.
It seems like it is also encrypted. I even tried an online XML parser service and the same scrambled encryption appears, which rendered me with no successful options but to reply all of this long writing back to you.
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5) My personal recommendation is that, to avoid investing more of your valuable time with technical troubleshooting, you are better off creating a new MS Word document from scratch.
Do not re-use the file that you shared here in this forums and ensure that you are using no Macros and no templates, no add-ins (visual basic, visual C++). Just start simple with a blank document page.
The next time you copy text from an HTML source (or any other source document), before you paste it into another editor (like MS Word in this case) make sure that you select "Keep Text Only" (this is true and applies in all of the MS Office suite products).
To avoid the risk of also transfering embedded code through the pasting action, I preffer to work with WordPad (or with any other text editor); I have all my text created first using a regular text editor... then copy from that text editor more safely into MS Word new blank document. Thereafter, I will assign the formatting that I want in MS Word and add images and such later.
This is a rule of thumb for writers and publishing agencies (at least years ago, nowadays? pretty anymone send a text over a mobile device and call it "hard news"... no proofreading whatsoever).
What I'm trying to say is, that it is always easier if you develop first all the bulk of your text (the generic body of your writing... IN PLAIN TEXT THAT IS); then you print a hard copy, review it, check for errors and mark them; apply corrections LATER in your MS Word text document.
AND THEN, AT THE VERY END of this production, you assign the formatting and body to your MS Word document.
NOTE: Just remember that when you are working with different files, if you get in the habbit of processing text documents like my suggestion above, you eliminate the chance for a virus or malicious code (or any undesired code that is not necessarily malicious) to kick in.
6) When you are done with the MS Word the editing would be a lot easier.
Then all that is left for you to do at this point is to convert your MS Word document to PDF and continue to enjoy Adobe Acrobat normally.
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