Unsearchable pdf created by incs4

Using excel 2003, incs4, win7 prof, pdf creator & cute pdf.  In excel, I print a worksheet to pdf. I can copy and place text selected from this pdf. Text is legitimate.  I place that pdf into cs4. It comes in as a graphic.  Then I export the .indd to pdf. Anything inside a grid from the excel woksheet inside this final pdf cannot be searched for; with the text tool in reader, I select text inside a grid, paste it into another program: unrecognizable text (gibberish) Yet, a hard copy prints properly. I need to create a final 40 page .pdf that is completely searchable. (I thought I was finished with my project, only to discover this "unsearchability". I've been using pagemaker for a last umteen years, never had such an issue. Where did I go wrong? How can I correct this please?

It´s really hard to say without seeing your files (orig indd and resulting pdf), but one possible reason could be transparency.
If you have something that causes transparency flattening, it may convert all your texts to outlines during pdf-process, if you are using PDF1.3 as a target compatibility in your settings (or if you make your pdf by printing instead of exporting).
On the other hand the fact that you still can copy/paste that text give a reason to doubt that you have a problem with character encoding. Did you try to use some other font, try some very basic font, like Times New Roman or Arial, export it again and check what happens...

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