Hi, On 11.02.2009, at 01:05, Hooman Javidnia wrote:
> Thanks Chritiaan and Alex > > At least now I know there isn't anything that I can do to fix the > problem and I have to live with it. I guess this means that for > OCRed documents we shouldn't use highlights. It really depends on how you use the highlight tool. If you use it as a markup for parts of the document that you then want to be able to read from within BibDesk you may run into the problem and decide to avoid highlighting. But if - as in my case - you use highlight really for highlighting it may still be useful. In that regard OCR was still helpful to me as if allowed me to apply text markups - even if copying and pasting was no option afterwards. Cheers, Alex > > No matter what, Skim is a great app and I love it. It is open all > day long on my machine and it has served me well in my dissertation > writing. > > Thanks. > Hooman > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Alex Hamann <mailingl...@alex- > hamann.de> wrote: > > On 10.02.2009, at 23:50, Hooman Javidnia wrote: > > > Hello everybody, > > I have scanned an old document using Adobe Acrobat 8 and OCRed it. > > When I am trying to copy and paste parts of the text, Acrobat gives > > correct results, but the text which is copied from Skim is > garbled and > > the inter-word spacing is all messed up. Here is an example: > > > > Copied from Adobe Acrobat Reader: > > However, there are many practical cases in which the > > distortion of the spatial shape during transients is quite > > significant. > > > > Copied from Skim: > > Ho we v e r , t h e r e a r e many p r a c t i c a l c a s e s i n > > whi ch t h e > > d i s t o r t i o n of t h e s p a t i a l s h a p e d u r i n g > t r a > > n s i e n t s i s qui t e > > s i g n i f i c a n t. > > > > There is no problem in reading text in skim. The problem arises when > > you try to highlight part of the PDF file in Skim, which results in > > unreadable notes. > > > > Is there a solution to this problem? Is it related to OCR in Acrobat > > or is it and issue of incompatibility? > > > > Regards, > > Hooman > > I ran into this problem very often and unfortunately there is nothing > to resolve it. The poor consolation to me was that a OCRed file is an > improvement over a non-OCRed and that this alone should make me happy > enough to ignore the problem you describe. (Did it work to make me > feel better? - Not very often....) > > Alex > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
