When I convert my PDF file to either Word or Excel, the result is garbage and not usable.  What am I doing wrong?

I have converted two PDF files to both Word and Excel.  The result is garbage and unreadable.  I want to edit the content of the PDF file and thought that this was the solution.  What am I doing wrong?

It's probably not something wrong you're doing, just the way the file was
created. You can look under File - Properties - Description and see what
application and PDF producer were used to generate it. My guess is it was
not produced using Adobe software.
At any rate, there's no a lot you can do about it, I'm afraid. You can try
re-frying it, ie sending it to the PDF Printer to produce a new copy, and
then exporting that to Word/Excel, but that's about it.

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