How to overwrite text in a scanned document

I have a scanned document which a want to do some changes in the origin text an be able to add text. Possible???

Click on the 'A' button at top left of the tools pane. Then click in the document and type your text. Select it and use the 'Text' menu to change the font and size.
Note that once you click away from it it becomes part of the paint image and you cannot subsequently edit it. You can't move it once placed except by clicking away from it, then selecting its area and moving that (which will move anything behind it as well).
The text options are very limited and if you want to do something more advanced you will need a program with layers.

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