On Fri, 4 Jun 2010, jeff newman wrote:

> The PDF probably *is* just a series of images of text, not actual text.
> You'll need to use some kind of OCR software to convert the images into
> text, then you'll be able to use the tools.
>
> j
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Duke Normandin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hello list....
> >
> > This post _is_ OT, but there is a connection.
> >
> > At the moment I'm working with 2 Pdf files.
> >
> > The first, I can use Skim's "Text tool" to highlight text, and then
> > underline it, or whatever,
> >
> > The second pdf file, I _cannot_ use the "Text tool"! It seems like the
> > entire file is an image. Annotating this file is limited to a few
> > tools. Why is this? Can I alter the file, or otherwise change
> > _something_ so that I be able to use the "text tool"? TIA...
> >
> > --
> > duke

Can you recommend some OCR software for MacOS X (leopard)?
-- 
duke

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