Copy text from a PDF to word. Just get Symbols

Hello,
I have a public PDF with no Copying Restrictions. When I try to copy text from the PDF highlighted text to WORD I only get unreadable garbage.
I can select the desired text and copy it into word but when I paste the text it is pasted like symbols and lines.
I tried Special Paste and does not works. It says the font is a Gill Sans something (with numbers and so on), no really a font it seems but when i change it to Arial i still get symbols.
Any help or ideas,
Cheers,
Sebastian

I have this exact same problem.  It is very frustrating.  How is it not possible to "grab" onto the text in the pdf ??!!
I am looking at it.  I can see it.  I can read it.
I can highlight the individual letters and words with the mouse pointer. (So it's not just a "picture")
With a pdf editor, I can even make the text bold, italic, or increase the font size.
SO WHY CAN'T I COPY THE TEXT!   AAARGH!
No, the file is not protected.
Yes, I have tried saving as different formats.  (The "save as tiff file workaround" idea is  very time consuming and greatly degrades the quallity.)
The font is shown as being: "Arial083.313"
Something in the pdf program is recognizing the text, translating the 1's and 0's (that make up all computer files) into the letters that display on the screen that I can read and select with the mouse. So why can't that same "something" allow me to copy it?  So frustrating.
Somebody please help.  If you can solve this problem you are awesome.

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