Converting PDF to Word changes the text to symbols. How to correct?

Hi. I'm using Acrobat XI Pro and converting PDF's to Word docs changes the main text to symbols. I've tried this several times and always get the same result. Any idea as to how to correct? Thanks.

Does the same thing happen if you select some text in the document, copy it
and then paste it to Word?
If so, then it's most likely a faulty font encoding.
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:12 PM, noodles83 <[email protected]>

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