Unable to select text in a scanned document

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From: Suroor_Alikhan
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:26

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I have a document scanned from paper and saved as a PDF file. I would like to copy it into Word but can't select text. I have Acrobat Professional 6.0.

Thanks,
Suroor

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