Can not edit text in a PDF with Adobe acrobat professional version 8

I have a PDF doccument that I can not edit any of the text on. all it lets me do is slide the pages around like images but dose not allow me to delete or add any text. It is not password protected at all.
Any ideas on why this is and how to fix it so I can edit this 40 page pdf?
Thanks,
Tim

Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text Using OCR
In the Recognize Text dialog, click the "Edit" button.
In the Recognize Text - Settings dialog the middle entry has a drop-down menu.
From this menu you can select one of three PDF Output Styles.
--| Searchable Image
--| Searchable Image (Exact)
--| Formatted Text & Graphics
These output styles are discussed in Acrobat Help.
Be well...

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