Editing Text in PDFs with Preview

Hello,
I have a certain peice of information I'd like to delete from a PDF file. I can't crop it since it's in the middle of the document. I just want to delete this string of text from a scanned PDF file. Is this possible in Preview? Thanks!

You can do a "screen Capture" which creates a .png file, and insert it where you want it, or just send this piece to whoever.
Screen Capture: Open the file you want, with the part you want to capture showing.
Then hold down Shift-Command-4 and let go. You get a crosshairs target type mouse pointer. Move it around the area you want to capture. When you close the box around the part your interested in, you will hear a Camera Clicking sound and a file will show up on your desk top called "Picutre1.png". That file can be printed or put back into Preview for further uses.

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