Editing Problems with scanned documents

Question

I have Acrobat DC. When I open a newly scanned document (80% text and 20% drawings) and select Edit, I do not see the bounding boxes as per the tutorial. Instead I get, "Acrobat has determined that this page does not have editable text. If it is a scanned page, convert it to another format using the Export PDF tool." 1. WHY?

if i then select Enhance Scans / Enhance Scanned Document (with character Recognition checked) and click Enhance, then the images do get bounding boxes and the text is recognized, but the text is not inside a bounding box. 2. WHY NOT?

3. How can I move the text without losing all formatting? It is not in a bounding box.

Gary

garyk_-NE · Answer

I am using Windows 10. l looked at the page you suggested. It is not helpful in this case. It confirms that I understand what should happen. It also mentions some settings which I don't see on my screen. I attached a screen shot.

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