Adding Text to a PDF I opened in Adobe Reader

...my question sounds simple but I can't figure out what to do. I have some architect drawings that are PDFs. I need to add some text to them and then resave them as PDFs and I can't make this happen. I opened then in Photoshop Elements but it won't let me resave as a PDF, only as a JPEG, TIFF, PDD etc. Please help if you can. I have other Software like Microsoft Office and Desktop PDF but can't figure this out. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Bruce

Yes. You could do it with Adobe Acrobat. There are a few different ways to do it depending on the results you want.
The best solution would be to edit the original files but if you don't have that option, Adobe Acrobat wold work.

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