Cannot open a pdf file - i get a long string of coding and no text

I try to open a pdf  file but get a string of codes.

10.9.5 should be able to run the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader, which should open almost any PDF file.    http://www.adobe.com/ has a place to download the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Preview application can open most Acrobat files, though a few written with the latest Acrobat may not work.   Some forms may not properly become editable under Preview, though you can write text to PDF files independent of forms with Preview.    The fact you are getting codes says that the file is likely an incomplete download of an Acrobat file, or a compressed Acrobat file in some unknown format.    Usually control-clicking the file and selecting Open With will reveal what programs can open it.  Bomarchiver is the built-in decompression tool of Mac OS X, which if selected should open most compressed archives.         Find out the source of the document and determine why it may not be complete, or who compressed it with what.

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