CS3 Imports bad Characters from Word

Not the first time I've had to ask this...
I placed a Word Doc - Remove Styles & Formatting, Retain Character Styles. Several characters have just completely fouled up. As near as I can tell, CS4 and CS2 do not experience the problem. I have highlighted three examples, but the story is chock full of the same problem.
I have identical results on 2 PC's, different OS's and one Mac, 10.4.n, ID patched to 5.0.4 on all stations. Can anybody shed some light on this?
or check how this file imports into CS3
https://acrobat.com/#d=lA3hlJjfiPZnuSK*iWYhNg

OK, that cleared the bad glyphs swapping out, fixed it. The Word document opened as a Compatability Mode in 2007, it's properties are 2003-2007 document, Template being Normal.dotm (I've never looked, but is .dotm unusual?)
Is there a semi safe Workflow change I should know about; many Word files place correctly, but this is not the first time this has bit me; if these bad glyphs occur late in an article, I have missed it.

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