Why does Acrobat DC Pro break up a paragraph into little chunks?

[trustlook123]

When I edit a piece of text in a PDF, that text is often (not always) broken up into little bits of text. Here is an image of what it looks like.

Any idea why this happens? It feels like the worst virus ever has infected my computer.

Thanks

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Because PDF files are not Word files and Acrobat is not a word processing application. These files were never meant to be edited in this way, and Acrobat is doing its best to interpret the structure of the PDF and convert the various text streams in it to manageable chunks of text. Sometimes it works better than other times... If you don't have the original file used to create the PDF you just have to make do with the results.

[roberto96899789]

what do u mean by "original" file e.g. i just made a pdf by scanning it with acrobat DC intp a "normal"  pdf, and i tried to follow all acrobat DC export instructions into word and i could not make changes without running into text problems--especially when there was a small list such as a  number followed by an indent of an {a} and a (b)

[roberto96899789]

why does my full name show up in these replies--do not u permit nick-names?

[roberto96899789]

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