Selecting Text - Adobe Reader 9

Hi there,
On older versions of Adobe Reader, I used to be able to scan a letter received in a foreign language as a PDF, then select the text from it and paste it into a Language tool and convert it into English. However, in Adobe Reader 9, I can scan the letter as PDF but it will not allow me to select the text, it will only allow me to make a selection as an image or picture. Any ideas as to how I can get around this?
Many thanks for your help,
Jay.

JayDoyle wrote:
On previous versions of Adobe Reader, when I scanned the document in as a PDF, I could select the text from the document.
Something other than Reader must have been involved in the process. You'll need to look in to whatever application is being used to create the PDF since Reader can't even do that.
If you want to post one of these problem PDF's that would help but it'll probably be the same answer.

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