PDF to Word = Floating frame boxes

Hello,
I have converted some pdf files to word files in Acrobat 8.x.
The resulting Word document (2007 *.docx) seems to be made up of series of floating boxes/frames of each individual line or paragraph over the Word page. Is there a way of inserting or  embedding them so that they would be like a regular Word document, as considerable editing is required of this document.
Alternately how can they be coverted as to eliminated this needed next step.
Thanks
PDF to Word => Floating frame boxes

The boxes/frames are Word's means of providing some semblance of layout.
The source PDF was not a well formed Tagged PDF.
When a source file is mastered with a consistent logical hierarchy that uses built-in headings and styles, each of which is providing desired white space above/below lines and paragraphs and the authoring application has an adequate tag management mechanism for support of Tagged output PDF you have that "well formed tagged PDF".
One of Tagged PDF's facilities is to support migrating the Tagged PDF's content, layout, and format to other, supported file formats with the consequence of little to no post-migration "clean up".
Unfortuately, the PDF you converted to Word was not a well formed tagged PDF.
While you could use Acrobat Pro to tag an untagged PDF that often gets you a basic, rough tagged PDF if the content is other than simple.
Continued manual editing of the resultant structure tree can, in time, yield  the well formed tagged PDF.
Or, after having Acrobat Pro add tags & then saving - give the export to Word another try to see what you get.
It may be enough to escape the "boxes/frames" scenario.
Trying to do anything with content in those boxes/frames in Word is ...well a really fustrating endeavor.
Lot of pain &, ultimately, no gain trying to cut-paste-assemble into something useful for the 'real' editing.
If working on the PDF to develop a basically adequate structure tree is not an option consider a Save As of the PDF to a text file.
Then bringing that into Word.
Use the desired Word template's Headings and Styles to establish format and layout.
Then have a go with grammar and spell check.
Be well...

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