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Why is the text garbled when I convert a pdf file to microsoft word ?

amedah
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Feb 10, 2015 Feb 10, 2015

Why is the text garbled when I convert a pdf file to  microsoft word ?

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Anubha Goel Adobe Employee
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Mar 11, 2015 Mar 11, 2015
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Hi amedah,

Could you please try converting any other PDF file with same fonts and then check.

It might also happen due to use of some poor fonts which result in garbled text.

Is the PDF scanned?

Let me know.

Regards,

Anubha

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