PDFMaker: Extra chars being rendered in text fields

I've used PDFMaker (Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional) to render a PDF from a Microsoft Word document. However, the PDF contains extra characters; specifically, characters are added to any fields referencing headings in the document.
In the following screen capture, you can see an example:
http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=extracharactersinfieldstl8.jpg
The page header should read "Introduction * Introduction". These aren't static text, but text fields that reference headings. However, Acrobat has introduced the extra characters "1B" and "19B".
I've checked, and the headings that the field references are actually rendered correctly (one heading - Introduction - is shown on the screen capture itself).
Regards,
Paul.

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