Zend certified PHP/Magento developer

PDF Text is Being Treated as Objects. Cannot Copy-Paste or Edit as “Normal” Text

I used to be able to print or save various sources (Word, Gmail, web pages) to PDFs with “normal” text. This is no longer possible. Instead, all text is being treated as objects.

It may or may not be related to the problem, but around the same time that “normal” text was disabled, the cursor changed from a vertical bar to a hand.

New and old PDFs are affected.

Environment

  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5019275)
  • Acrobat Pro 10 / Installed Version 3.2.1.650 / Update Version 3.5.0

Note: Yes, I am aware that Adobe ceased support for Acrobat Pro 10 in late 2022. However, the problem I am posting about is recent.

Help?