word opens pdf in japanese

[drfine1]

Hi -when I try to open an attachment to an email (pdf) I get a box labeled
file conversion. sometimes it is trying to open the document in japanese,
sometimes it say default(western) but then looks like this when I hit ok..

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ÌÈ¥y¦Éw8Ë%Æ}¸&‘3†Ã—½ ‡ž•¿²KbnÙ%ÃQ~|óÒökiVB ÙªaÕ†.%žCâmõôîbýb

any help....thanks ,jon

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Word cannot open PDF files; you need to open them in Acrobat or Adobe
Reader.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org