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    Keep getting the error Acrobat has detected that this page doesnt have editable text. I have been editing pdf's for years and today it will not work.

    /t5/acrobat-discussions/keep-getting-the-error-acrobat-has-detected-that-this-page-doesnt-have-editable-text-i-have-been/td-p/10460142 May 03, 2019 May 03, 2019

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    Keep getting the error Acrobat has detected that this page doesnt have editable text. I have been editing pdf's for years and today it will not work.

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    take a look at this link

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    Most likely, what appears to be text on the page is really some combination of “outlined text” (i.e., vector artwork) and/or text within raster images such as would be obtained by scanning to a PDF file.

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    When you click on Edit PDF, are you able drag through the text to highlight it text with the I-Beam cursor?