Converting pdf to word messes up right-to-left text

Windows 7 Ultimate
Office 2007
Acrobat 9 Pro
Adobe Reader X
I'm not sure if this problem is with Adobe or Word (or maybe the problem is just more than the sum of its parts!).
I've exported a pdf leaflet in Arabic  (text over background graphics), to word 2007 but the Arabic text seems to have been messed up in the process. There are a few bits of English text but they're fine. The (health related info, in case anyone's concerned) leaflet needs to be converted to word to be sent to a translator for editing.
I think this leaflet might have been originally created on InDesign....relevant?
I have  installed the latest Arabic language pack to Windows.
Any ideas about what's going on & what I can do about it welcomed!

It was set as ‘Retain Flowing Text’ by default, so I tried it again as ‘Retain Page Layout’ & it seemed to convert the Arabic text as images (like a screenshot?), which defeats the object of it being editable in word. It also lost one section.
I tried again with each of above, but ‘Include Images’ deselected.........
Retain flowing text, include images deselected – “Save As failed to process this doc. No file created”
Retain page layout, include images deselected –                              ditto
Would it help if I attached the original pdf? Actually, I can't see how to do that here, so if you think it would be useful could you explain how?
Thanks!

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