# Does anyone know how to edit image text in PDF?

**URL:** <https://community.pdfsuite.io/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-edit-image-text-in-pdf/120>\
**Category:** Edit & Review\
**Tags:** excel\
**Created:** [November 8, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://community.pdfsuite.io/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-edit-image-text-in-pdf/120 "2026-11-08T04:10:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![runninger](https://community.pdfsuite.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@runninger](https://community.pdfsuite.io/u/runninger)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://community.pdfsuite.io/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-edit-image-text-in-pdf/120/1 "2026-11-08T04:10:16Z")

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I need to fix a misspelled name in a scanned PDF, but the text is locked inside an image so I cannot select it. How do you actually edit text trapped in a picture?

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**Author:** ![patient\_midnight](https://community.pdfsuite.io/user_avatar/community.pdfsuite.io/patient_midnight/32/25_2.png) [@patient\_midnight](https://community.pdfsuite.io/u/patient_midnight)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://community.pdfsuite.io/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-edit-image-text-in-pdf/120/2 "2026-11-08T04:10:19Z")

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I ran into this with scanned contract pages too. Run OCR on the PDF first so the words become selectable, then edit the misspelled name; if OCR gets it wrong, cover the old name with a white box and add the corrected text on top.

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**Author:** ![guest.238671](https://community.pdfsuite.io/user_avatar/community.pdfsuite.io/guest.238671/32/38_2.png) [@guest.238671](https://community.pdfsuite.io/u/guest.238671)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://community.pdfsuite.io/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-edit-image-text-in-pdf/120/3 "2026-11-09T10:43:08Z")

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If it’s a scanned page, that’s really a picture of text, not real text, so normal editing won’t work. You’d need something with OCR (it reads the image and turns it into actual letters you can edit). What are you using to open the PDF right now?

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**Author:** ![gaa\_miami](https://community.pdfsuite.io/user_avatar/community.pdfsuite.io/gaa_miami/32/39_2.png) [@gaa\_miami](https://community.pdfsuite.io/u/gaa_miami)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.pdfsuite.io/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-edit-image-text-in-pdf/120/4 "2026-11-10T17:58:12Z")

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1. Right-click the PDF and open it with Microsoft Word.
2. Let Word convert the scanned image into editable text.
3. Correct the name and save the document back as a PDF.