Hi, Thanks for the quick responses! That was indeed the problem. Since almost all of my files are of this 'image' type, I'll be looking into OCR software. But I still love the Skim product!
--Naomi On Sep 3, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Jeff Newman wrote: > Hi Naomi. > > On 3-Sep-08, at 4:09 PM, naomi.e.fox wrote: > >> I am unable to select text to make highlights: when I >> choose the Text Tool, the cursor acts like a scroll, with the image >> of >> a hand. > > This usually means that the PDF is just an image of the page and does > not include a "text layer" for Skim to read. You can use another > program to OCR the text and then it should work for you (I use > Acrobat Professional, but others may have better suggestions) . > > jeff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
