Insert Text in a PDF Document

I am trying to edit text (insert text) in a pdf document using Adobe 9 Pro. When I click on Advanced Editing, touch up text tool. I select a box around the text and begin to type, nothing appears the cursor moves but nothing is typed. I need immediate help .

Editing text and Adding text require different tools.
The Touch up text tool would be used to modify; add, modify or delete within a line of existing text.
To add text to an open area, the Typewriter tool would be necessary.
Don't expect full editing abilities.

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Hi ,
I have created a plugin for Acrobat, On press of MyPlugin's 'Insert' button it has to add the text to the document.
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     I tried to do this in TextCreate function by looking into the sample plugin snippets but its not creating the text , when i debug and see the value value of 'pdeText' its giving, "pdeText not found".
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Is there anyway i can add the "World" (as PDEElement) to document so that i can use in this function "PDEContentAddElem(pdecontent, kPDEAfterLast, (reinterpret_cast<PDEElement>(pdeText)));" ???
Or
Should i use the above 'TextCreate()' huge function to create PDEText(PDEElement). If i have to use this method why the PDEText is not getting created? Am i missing something in the above function ??
Please someone help me out, Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Chetan.

Hi Irosenth,
I will give a try for this, we must try to certain extent who knows we may Succeed. We must noe give-up easily.
You have not said this is impossible, but you say this is difficult. Rite ??
If you give me support, i dont think it would be difficult.
First i will try to insert a text in a blank page.This is possible rite ??
I saw a discussion in this forum, http://forums.adobe.com/message/2092443#2092443 , this is 2 years old. This guy has inserted the text into PDF document.
I refered this link and try to insert a text in Active PDF document but text is not getting inserted into it.
Please let me know what i am making wrong in the below function,
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TextCreate() function is same as the one which i mentioned in this discussion. Please let me what i am making wrong in that function aswell. Its not creating the specified "World" pdeText. Please help me out for this. Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Chetan.

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Ian.

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