Why can't I convert my PDF to a Word Document?

I've purchased the necessary/recommended software at 19.99 in order to convert this PDF document into a word document.  The document is large--53.3MB, and yet the stated "limit is 100MB, so it should work.  All of the computer software matches the "troubleshooting" page, and yet when I try to convert, it either goes on indefinitely (I let it go overnight--9+ hours and it still wasn't done!) or after about 5-10 minutes it says "An Unknown Error Occured" and kicks me back to the upload page.  What's going on? 

The PDF format by definition does not allow you to make changes to the file. If you happen to have the Pro Version of Adobe's Acrobat software you can start to edit.
One POSSIBLE solution is to see if you can select portions of the document and cut and paste to a WORD document. If you try to select an area and you get the whole form, you are pretty much out of luck.. then you need to go back to Daves suggestion of finding it on another forum that DOES allow for changes.
Also, you may try this tutorial about how to convert PDF files to Word (doc) . Once they're converted, you can open the files Microsoft Word or a compatible word processor.
Hope it can do you a favor.

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