SOME PDF FILES SCANNED

SOME SCANNED PDF FILES ARE ILLEGIBLE OR CERTAIN SECTIONS CANNOT BE CONVERTED TO WORD

Often times this sort of behavior is due to the quality of the scanned PDF file. If the scanned images are faint or have a lot of noise on them, the conversion engine is unable to convert those portions OR it tries to convert those portions and you end up with a less-than-desirable conversion.  Could you post a screenshot of one of the pages of your document that didn't convert properly?

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