Editing a text field in Acrobat pro 9.4

When I go to the editing mode inside of actobat pro, all that I can edit are data fields, not static text. How do I select the static text in my form/document so that I can change it? The data fields are all fine as is and I do not need to edit them. I just need to edit the static text in the document. How can this be done?
If I use lifecycle designer, the text does not show up formatted properly and it is impossible to edit because text is too large and some of text fields are on top of each other. In lifecycle designer, I cannot figure out how to select a text area. It has the boxes outlined but it is imposible to change the box size since there is apparently no select tool. Every time I try, I end up editing a box that is on top of the box that I am trying to edit. Any suggestions?

Thanks George. I did not create the form. A previous developer created it. So I am not entirely sure how they created it originally and all we have is the .pdf to work with.
Just some background. The .pdf is static and is on our web server. The web server dynamically creates an .fdf file with data for the form that the web user entered on the web site. The web user can open this .fdf on the web page as it has a link to the corresponding generic .pdf file. It puts the data in the .pdf and is displayed on the web so the user can print the document (rental contract).

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