Can I edit text in a vector image?

My apologies if this is a stupid question!
I downloaded a vector image from Shutterstock that said "Your Text Here" implying you can edit the text. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to edit the text. When I open the image in illustrator I can select the text but not edit it. Removing each piece of the letter distorts the background. Help!

Would depend on what the text is made of, but as Scott said it's most likely outlined and you are meant to use a completely new text object.
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> Hi,
>
> I have a big absolutely positioned DIV tag in most of my
pages,
> practically
> the whole page content is inside it.
> In DW CS3 design view very often (maybe 50% of all
times) if I click
> inside it
> to edit the text, DW selects the entire DIV tag. The
cursor becomes like a
> cross with arrows, the DIV border becomes outlined with
a thick blue line,
> and
> I can't edit the text no matter how much times I click.
If I move the
> mouse
> with left button pressed, this moves the DIV and changes
the .css file
> where
> the position is defined. DIV can't be de-selected with
Escape, left or
> right
> clicking.
> The only way to get out of this is to click somewhere in
the code view,
> then
> go back to design view where hopefully text can be
edited. Sometimes I
> have to
> repeat this twice or even 3 times , it's extremely
annoying and time
> consuming.
>
> Is there any workaround?
> Like to disable selection of containers in design view,
or at least a
> quick
> way to deselect the current selection?
>
> This problem does not appear in DW8 when editing the
same files.
>
> thanks
>
>

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