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
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