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There are different reasons why something that looks like text does not behave like text. The most common problem is that you are actually looking at an image or a picture of text. In this case, you can very likely (this depends on the quality of the image) run OCR and then after that you should be able to edit this text. The important thing here is to run OCR with the "Editable Text and Images" setting in the OCR settings. Otherwise you end up with text that is stored "behind" the original image.
If OCR does not work, chances are you are dealing with text that was converted to "outlines". In this case, the text was converted from true text (which you can edit) to vector drawings, that have nothing to do with text anymore (but still look like text). In this case, you are out of luck. Your only option in this case is to convert the complete page (or the complete documents) to a high resolution image file (e.g. a 600dpi TIFF image), and then import this image again into Acrobat (and therefore converting it to PDF), and then running OCR on that.
Yes, this can happen when trying to edit PDF files. Basically there's nothing that can be done about it, unless you re-create the file, either from the source file (the best option), or by exporting it to another format, editing it there and then creating a new PDF from it.
Apologies but this really is not a helpful solution and I'd hasten to add that the majority of seasoned users would know the difference between selecting an image against say selcting text or a vector object.
My issue (and also have not found a usable solution) is that Acrobat Pro DC will not launch editing applications (Photoshop or Illustrator) even after specifying them under preferences; selecting the program manually to edit also does not work.
Unfortunately I can no longer use Arobat Pro 8 which worked perfectly due to software upgrades. I can't understand how newer versions of software can be worse than previous versions and it only adds time to getting work done that is already time-constrained. Extremely disappointing and frustrating!!
So turns out that text is really text objects that can be edited but you need the Illustrator program to do it . I have Adobe 9 and when I click on the last of the text editing tools - it lets me select the object - then I can right click and say edit object and It will open Illustrator. Then I just save after my text edits and the object is updated in the pdf file with my new edits. (Icon is a pencil in a text box) Touch up text object tool. This may have changed in a later version of Acrobat
Yep same problem, I add text and images, then go to edit the text and it refuses to let me. I have to delete the text and insert new text to replace it. The really frustrating part is I'm building doc and it's going nice and smooth, no issues and then all of a sudden my text is off limits, cant edit at all... so sloppy of adobe and so frustrating. The app needs serious help.
While at times it's great to have the ability to edit a PDF, it's also a huge problem in regulated inveronments: Editing a PDF in Acrobat Pro does not leave traces (of the kind Word generates) and that is very challenging. Also editing an editor's comments does not leave traces; in fact, such edited edits still look like coming from the original editor. Mad.
Are the users at fault? Lacking training? Perhaps, to a degree. Mostly, however, these are UI mistakes that Adobe has never either addressed or corrected (nor have they addresed this: a huge number of users referreing to Acrobat as "Adobe", which Adobe does not seem to mind... Confusion ensues).
This forum is mostly populated by folks like yourself who are willing to spend a bit of time each day trying to help folks as you seem to be doing. Almost daily there are folks who ask why isn't the Edit working properly, or the classic "My adobe is broke!"
When Acrobat was conceived and developed 30+ years ago, we never in our wildest dreams planned for users to be able actually change the document! We were only trying to develop a solution for a real problem back then: how to get a file, made on one computer and operating system, to be viewable on another computer with a different OS, without the original software that created the PDF, and without the fonts from the original computer. Acrobat's capabilities were originally geared for the printing/prepress industry, but soon the idea of using it for office documents was promoted.
Regarding the last point: That's just how people remember things. You can't really "fight" it. Many people call copying machines Xerox-machines, although Xerox is a company with many other products...
I think a bigger issue is the confusion between Acrobat and Reader, and that Adobe can help with, but they are in fact making it worse by renaming Reader as "Acrobat Reader" some years ago and very recently making it even worse by combining the installation for both products and adding features that only work in Acrobat to the Reader UI, causing the users to believe they can do things in the application which they can't, not unless they pay for them.
See the recent influx of people complaining about not being able to rotate pages in Reader any longer. It happened because Adobe changed the UI and the command to rotate a page via the right-click menu now actually tries to rotate it (not possible in Reader) instead of just rotate its view (which is still possible, but hidden under a sub-menu).
I have been using the Acrobat Reader DC I purchased for four days now. Each time I have logged into my computer to work it has become progressively harder to make edits. Usually it just doesn't let me for a while then suddenly will. Last few times I just quit Adobe and restarted it and that worked. Now nothing works. I have restarted my computer and everything else I could think of. When I click edit document it says I need to download Adobe Acrobat DC. Already have. This is litterally the most important document of my life so far...No Exaggeration. Would love some help. I have a Mac Book Air! Thanks and Merry Christmas.
if I select file and print or control+p i do not get an option to choose to print adobe pdf. Is there something I am missing. Seems as though even though I purchased adobe acrobat pro dc, downloaded it and have been using it it thinks now that I haven't. It acts like reader even though it says DC.
Chances are that you have both the free Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat DC installed on the same system, and your files are opening in the free Reader. Make sure that you open your PDF files in Acrobat - Reader will not allow you to edit them.
It acts as though it is just reader, but it says and very definitely is Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. The problem was progressive. When It first began to happen it would be just for a few minutes. Strangely the fix a couple time was clicking the blue arrow int the tool bar "Selection tool for text and Images" That doesn't work anymore. Now it is just locked up. I cant put the cursor in the text, but if I try to edit I just get annoying noise.
No password needed. I successfully worked on the document for 4 days. The problem started on day two and was easily resolved although i wasn't sure how I resolved it. Day 3 it got worse and took a long time to resolve but toggling between text select and the little hand to drag the document around seemed to do it. Day 4.....although I open Acrobat Pro....it fails to recognize that I have pro. Only acts like reader. I have quit acrobat, shut my computer, tried everything imaginable to no avail. I was really liking the product until it failed catastrophically. Day 6 or 7 here and it does not work. Should I dump it off of my computer and start over?
This is strange, and I've never heard about something like this before. If this were my computer, I would uninstall, clean as much as possible as far as settings and preferences go, and then re-install. Here are some instructions about how to reset preferences: How to reset Preference settings in Acrobat.
When attempting to edit a PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, I get the error message 'Adobe Acrobat has encountered an unknown error'. This happens with 90% of my PDFs that I try to open and edit. I have seen a lot of work-arounds, but I am looking for a permanent solution that prevents this from happening.
I have read both of these discussions, and I haven't found a solution from them. I am not going to go through the hassle of saving each file as a PDF, then exporting as PDF, and then going to edit. There should be a solution to this issue that doesn't add extra steps each time i want to edit a PDF.
Please make sure you have the latest version 19.21.20061 installed. Go to help > Check for Updates. You may also download the patch manually using the link: ( -docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotesDC/index.html) and see if that works for you.
we are not able to add every type of image ( jpeg, tiff, png ) on every type of file pdf. The problem is not the pdf file. The problem is inside Adobe acrobat Pro Dc. I think there is a bug taht needs to be fixed from your side. As is see in the community this problem is widely diffused all over your clients/users. In my case the problem arise recently in the last 2 weeks. Before there was no problem. Maybe the last updates of Adobe Acrobat Pro Dc have generated this type of problem.
As described earlier you have the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat DC. Make sure it's 19.21.20061. Go to Help > Check for Updates. You may also download the patch manually using the link -docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotesDC/index.html
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