Joan Ann,
Since you have already been opening PDF files in Word, this file must be
faulty in some way.
It looks as though the encoding is not being recognised by Word in the
format that your PDF files are normally matched. So, try opening the file
with Adobe Acrobat. If that, also, gives an error message, then can you go
back to the source of the file and get a better copy?
You can check what your Windows default setting is in Options in MS Word.
Here is a useful article that should make all this clearer and explains
various things that you can do:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/choose-text-encoding-when-you-open-
and-save-files-60d59c21-88b5-4006-831c-d536d42fd861#bm2
All the best,
Cearbhall
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From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
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Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 11:17 AM
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Subject: [vicsireland] Encoding in word
Hi all
I am trying to open a PDF document in word which I have had no problems with
in the past. Now it is asking me to select the encoding I want. The options
I have are:
Windows default
MS DOS
Or other encoding.
When I choose windows default the text in the document is just random
letters and signs. Is there a way that I can fix this please?
Thanks
Joan Ann Brosnan.