def clean_string(text: str):
    """Replace MS Office Special Characters from a String as well as double whitespace

    Args:
        text (str):

    Returns:
        str: Cleaned string
    """
    result = ' '.join(text.split())
    result = result.replace('\r', '').replace('.', '').replace(
        '\n', ' ').replace(u'\xa0', u' ').replace(u'\xad', u'-').rstrip().lstrip()
    return result