Adobe reader wont let me highlight, and opens pdf in read only mode, why?

I need help with highlighting pdf, and tke it out of read only mode . When i go to the text edit thing it say "To modefy this document save a copy on device" Its already on my device, so why does it say that? I was able to highlight this pdf before. Was there a recent update that diabled highlighting ?

What is your operating system?  Reader version?  Are these PDFs writable or read-only on your device?

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