How to convert a pdf attachment to a word document?

I received evidence for an article that I wrote to make final corrections but when I open the file it is a set of symbols that I can't read.  Please help, I'm on a deadline.

If you mean that you open a PDF with Adobe Reader and the document appears to use a symbol instead of something recognizable font... the file is damaged and you will need to get the sender to send again.

If you mean you are trying to edit a pdf document by opening Word, you can do that.

You can change (some) pdf documents if you have Adobe Acrobat (which, unlike Adobe Reader, is NOT free).  The only way you can change a pdf without Acrobat document is to use the optical recognition of characters (OCR) software.  If you have a scanner, this software might have been bundled with it.  Or you could see if the pdf to print and scan file then it would result in an editable document - once again, if there is an OCR software at your disposal.

You can ask the sender to send the document as a word (or Rich Text Format (rtf), which can be opened by Word).

Or you can simply print the pdf, annotate the old-fashioned (with a red pencil) way, take to Kinko's, Staples, or a similar office supply place and get it scanned to pdf and then send this return pdf.

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