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September 15, 2014
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resume

  • September 15, 2014
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My Resume is in pdf reader, I downloaded the acrobat so I could edit my document, not working. help please, maybe im missing a step

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    Sara_ForsbergCommunity Manager
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    September 15, 2014

    Hi biscut001,

    Let me see if I follow. Your resume' is a PDF, and you have both Reader and Acrobat? You'll definitely need to open it in Acrobat to edit it, so make sure that the application window says "Acrobat" in the upper-left corner.

    If it does, and you still can't edit it. It's likely that the PDF was created from a scanned document, so the text is image text (not rendered/editable text). But you can convert that image text to editable text.

    In Acrobat, choose Document Processing from the Tools pane, and choose Optimize Scanned PDF. Make sure that Make Searchable (Perform OCR) is selected, and then click OK.

    Please let us know how it goes.


    Sara

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    Anonymous
    September 15, 2014

    Sara, I just downloaded the Acrobat (trial for 30days) I don't see tools, I see fill & sign. You are correct, it was created from a scanned document. Do I have the right Acrobat? I don't see document processing? Please help, I need to get my resume completed, just recently lost my job. Thanks Lisa

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    Sara_ForsbergCommunity Manager
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    September 16, 2014

    Hi Lisa,

    I'm so sorry to hear that. You need either Acrobat Pro or Standard--with either you should see a Tools pane on the right side of the window. What do you see in the upper-left corner? It should say "Acrobat" not "Adobe Reader."

    It actually sounds like you may still be on the Acrobat.com website. After you download the trial, it's necessary to install Acrobat.

    Sara

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