Deconstruct PDF

Hi All, I'm not sure if this is possible, but basically I was wondering if anyone had any experience with using PHP to read/deconstruct a PDF file. I'm asking because a system I built at work is being used by a complete computer illiterate. Even after careful step-by-step instruction, she still keeps trying to upload a PDF in a form carefully marked as a CSV upload, and she wonders why it doesn't work. She knows how to press the PDF button on Word to create the PDF, and that's about it. I was just wondering if there was a way I could extract the information I wanted from the PDF (it's a fairly simple affair, just text and no images.) If not, perhaps there's a way to extract what I need from a Word document? Thanks, Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk