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Cannot edit pdf file in Acrobat 5.0

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by thbaus

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We're receiving pdf files from a vendor that we're opening in Acrobat 5.0. We want to copy some of the text, but cannot. The document has no security on it. We tried printing it to file with a postscript printer driver and then using Distiller, we created another pdf, but still cannot edit or select the text with Acrobat. Does it have anything to do with how the file was saved by the source? Thanks in advance for the help.

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by brian

There is a button with a T on it and a little square. Hit that button and you can then select text to copy and paste.

by thbaus

We're aware of the Touch-Up text tool and the Text Select Tool. We've tried every tool in the Acrobat program, but the
document appears to be locked even though there is no security on the document.

by michael salsbury

Is it possible that the text you're trying to copy was part of a graphic file in the original document? If you can copy text from some parts of the document and not others, that would be my first guess.

by thbaus

Thank you for your help. The file was captured as an image-only pdf file. We had to go back to the source and download the file as text only. We were then able to copy the contents of the file.

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