Some text is scrambled

Tried to convert to pdf from word and some text came up scrambled, please help.

Hi michaell19427730,
Please see Will Adobe ExportPDF convert both text and formatting information? for an explanation of why some formatting might not be retained when you convert a PDF file to Word or Excel.
Best,
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