Text extraction from a pdf

Hello,
I am trying to convert pdf documents in plain text but the output is disappointing.
The document was generated using acrobat pdf printer from Microsoft Word.
Opened the resulting pdf in Acrobat Reader and did a "save as text" on it.
The resulting text is broken, letters are missing or doubled. Is there some catch to it?
I cannot understand why Acrobat cannot interpret its own files.
Best regards,
Vlad

Acrobat can only work with what is present in the file. For instance,
in some cases there is just a scan, a picture, and no text can be
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Sometimes letters are doubled up when the document's creator used
"fake bold", where letters are printed twice to make an illusion of
bold text.
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