Unable to edit PDF files in Adobe Acrobat DC

I have Acrobat Standard DC. Program specifically states that it can edit scanned documents. The error that I receive when trying to edit scanned PDF's is "Adobe Acrobat has detected that this page doesn't have editable text. If it is a scanned page, convert it another format using the Export PDF tool." I am opening the file through Acrobat DC. The "workaround" did not work for me in this instance. Advice?

I had this same issue. I followed your instructions and it worked. Thank you so much!

I had the same issue where I received the same error message ("adobe acrobat dc has encountered an unknown error") when attempting to edit a PDF that was sent to me.

I used the website suggested within one of the other adobe communities forum threads http://www.identifont.com/‌ and was able to identify the font as 'Folio (BT)'.  What a great site to use, good suggestion.

In my case,

1. I followed the direction (by @Bilal Ansari) of printing to Adobe PDF (printing in the highest quality rather than standard).
2. The text became editable, though it was noted that the font wasn't available and a different font would be used... note the Format box has no font identified...
3. As I was unable to I modified the text using the same font, I used a similar font (in this case Arial).

Regarding the reason for the error message, I think the reason that the error occurs is due to the font not being in my font library.  To add to this, it may also be an issue as 'Folio (BT)' is not within the Adobe Typekit font library.  Either way, I believe this is the reason for the error message... maybe something for Adobe to look into and if I am correct, change the error message to say "unable to edit, font not available" or something to that effect.

Regards

S

This workaround worked for me, and I was having the same problem when trying to edit pdf forms that I have been able to edit in the past.  I was not opening in Reader and had set the default pdf application as Adobe Acrobat DC.  Don't know why it is so buggy, even got the 30 day Foxit trial to see if I could fix the pdf edit problem there, but while they have people you can talk to and their support is way more responsive than Adobe, it didn't work either.  I just happen to google the issue and got this thread by chance after looking on the Adobe support site for a few hours.  Adobe is not great with support, you just have to get lucky with a random google search.  IMO.

Hi Bilal, I was having the same problem and that worked perfectly, thank you very much!

Janet

Hi imadb,

It sounds like you're opening your PDF files in Acrobat Reader DC, which doesn't allow you to edit PDF files (that requires Acrobat Pro or Standard). When you click Edit PDF in the right column, you should be prompted to subscribe to Acrobat Pro DC, if you haven't already (I don't see an Acrobat subscription tied to the Adobe ID that you use here in the forums).

You do mention that you've been able to edit a few PDFs. Can you please tell me how you are editing those? Are you adding comments, or clicking the Edit PDF option in the right column?

If you continue to receive errors in Reader, you may consider reinstalling it. However, will you still need an active Acrobat subscription (or the classic--non-subscription--version of Acrobat to edit files).

Best,

Sara