Can't edit text in old PDF

I've got some PDFs that are several years old. I'm not sure what program they were made in originally, but it may have been PageMaker. When I open one of these files in Acrobat X Pro, the content edit tools are grayed out and I can't use them. Acrobat does seem to recognize the text as text, however, as I'm able to select text in the usual manner. Does anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot this? Would it even be possible?
I'm using Acrobat X Pro on OSX 10.8. Thanks.

Bill, is there a repair option in Acrobat X on Mac? I've been unable to find it. I see references to it in the help menu when I google the issue, but those all appear to be for version 9, and I don't see it in my help menu. I tried trashing preferences, just in case, but that didn't do anything.
I've come to find that the problem is more pervasive than I thought. Acrobat will crash shortly after opening regardless of whether or not I take any action. Possibly related to the problem: when I look at the "Open With..." menu from a PDF in finder, I see two copies of Acrobat displaying the same version number. I searched my hard drive and there appears to be only one installation.

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De: Phillip Jones [email protected]
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Asunto: I cannot edit text in a PDF created from scanning
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