What should I do if, after transferring the text, I cannot edit it?

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10-27-2021, 02:39 PM

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Windows 10 What should I do if, after transferring the text, I cannot edit it?

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Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

I suspect that what you have transferred into Word is not text, but rather a picture of text, which Word is unable to edit.
Your car mechanic cannot work on a picture of your car's engine, either.

I love this quote Charles and can see myself plagiarizing it in the future. This is exactly how I feel when we see a screenshot instead of the actual problem file.

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