Editing text in pdf file

I just bought Adobe Acrobat and was told that I would be able edit text in a pdf file I open. However I can't figure out how to do this?
I can select the text but can't edit/change it?

The Adobe Reader for SymbianOS isn't a PDF editor. You'd need Acrobat
for that, using the Text Touch-up Tool.
Aandi Inston

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This really isn't a suitable use of Acrobat. You should all be using the same editing tool (i.e. Illustrator).
Extending files reduces the amount of editing Acrobat can do, it does not increase it.
The tool to edit text from Illustrator would be Edit Document Text. There is no guarantee it will break up nicely into lines, it's trying to help by making paragraph text.
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Hi Bill,
I have used the Text Touchup Tool to jump around through the document. The document is broken up into sections that are editable, but any editing of the very top part throws everything way off. I don't know anything about Designer. Do you think it's possible this document was created in something like Word and was scanned in as a pdf and that is why I am having a hard time editing it?
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Is it possible?? "I have an existing PDF file and I want to change every occurence of the word 'competitor' with the word 'myself' "

Your qustion is very nice.Sometime we need to edit
file whether it is non editable like your resume,it
Do you mean "resumes submitted to the company". Why
are you editing resumes submitted to you?Recruiters sometimes change resumes before submitting them to a company. [Those recruiters should be shot, especially if they do it without your prior approval. You should know exactly what they are sending to the company. If the recruiter has an issue or suggestion for your resume, the recruiter should tell you and have [b]you change it. They should not make changes that you haven't agreed to.]
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sothat nobody can write , but it will not static file
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document to what ever the company I'm applying to
wants then emailed off.If you can edit a PDF, so can the recruiter. Still PDF is harder for the recruiter to change than a Word document is. So, keep the Word document (or other editable source), change that as needed, and create a new PDF.
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Dear lrosenth,
I went through some codes/suggestions in internet and I found that I need to have cmap file and cid font file for the respective font since pdf doesn't support unicode fonts directly.
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