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When I try to convert a PDF document to either word or excel, the resulting document contains an image within the document. For example, if converting to excel my converted document contains images pasted in the cells of the spreadsheet, rather than straight text.
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With our online PDF to Word converter, you can easily convert scanned images into editable Word documents. This tool helps transform your scanned PDF into a Word document, allowing you to easily edit the text and add notes or drawings.
One thing you can try to solve your issue is to export the contents of your PDF as a Text Document (.txt). It will require a bit of time to reconstruct its appearance, but that will take a lot less time for what you're describing.
Very likely, the problem has to do with how the font used for that text was encoded within the PDF file when the PDF file was created. Standard encodings were most likely not used.