Search / Replace in Acrobat Pro 9 ??

I have a PDF that needs some significant editing.   I can't go back to the source. I could accomplish a lot with a search / replace tool.  I've been searching through the help files and information online and I can't figure out if there is a search/replace tool in this product.  I have found the search / redact tool, but no search / replace.    Does anyone know if Acro Pro 9 has this feature?  If not, is there a free plugin that could do this...?  and in which version of Acrobat did they introduce search/replace?
Thanks

Yes there is search replace in newer versions, at least according to Adobe.  see here:
Acrobat Help | Searching PDFs
Find and replace text in PDFs
Find and replace text in a PDF
The Find toolbar searches the currently open PDF. You can selectively replace the search term with alternative text. You replace text one instance at a time. You cannot make a global change throughout a PDF or across multiple PDFs.
Choose Edit > Find (Ctrl/Command+F). 
Type the text you want to search for in the text box on the Find toolbar. 
To replace text, click Replace With to expand the toolbar, then type the replacement text in the Replace With text box. 

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