Try EMF instead of PDF.
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:36 PM, Timothy DeWees wrote:
> I’m working in a large, complex book (3000+ pages). One of my co-workers
> was tasked with creating some new images for the book using visio. I
> suggested converting the visio images into pdf “images” and pulling
Fred (and all),
Thanks for your help and input. Shortly after I submitted this question to the
list, I discovered a co-worker had misunderstood something in the conversion
process. After that was resolved, the process I mentioned is now producing
searchable text in the images as expected. I tri
The text within the original pdf images is searchable. But once
the entire book is converted to pdf, the text in the images is no longer
searchable.
Tim,
The problem is due to FM's internal conversion to EPS and then the
subsequent output as postscript. In this process, the fonts used in the
Tim DeWees wrote:
I’m working in a large, complex book (3000+ pages). One of my co-workers was
tasked with creating some new images for the book using visio. I suggested
converting the visio images into pdf “images” and pulling them into the book
that way thinking that the text within the imag
I think a better suggestion is to follow what's become more of a best
practice and not include text in graphics. Instead, put in key letters
or numbers and include a table beside the artwork or in the caption
that has the key letter and a definition.
This eliminates having to change copy within th
I save my visio graphics as WMF (using Save As), then import them into
Frame. I just tested it, and the text is searchable.
Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133
On 21-Jun-13 8:36 AM, Timothy DeWees wrote:
I’m working in a large, complex book (3000+ pages). One of my
co-worke
