How to add text to a pdf file?

I was sent a rental application as a pdf file which I need to fill in but I can't seem to add text to it.
How does one open a pdf file and add text to it?
I have acrobat professional that came with adobe cs3 on my mac.
Thanks for any advice.

If you don't have the original and need a word version that you can edit.
Open PDF  go to Save As... choose Word and then choose format.
See this: http://www.screencast.com/t/igS0SoMDri
Note: this only works with text based files.
once its converted you can edit to you heart's content.  Then once edited as need create a new PDF with a different name.
Open the Acrobat original Document Click on On Tools (if AcrobatX) and choose replace Pages and choose your new pdf as source. the choose desired pages or choose entire document.
If you have any form Fileds and they have been displaced choose edit Form, click on each field in turn than needs moving, use up down right or left arrow keys to nudge the elements to desired position.
If you have have a Form that has extended reader rights you have to remove those right by saving a copy without rights. Then onece editting completed you have to add rights.

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