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by luvmywife
Fri Sep 21, 2012 2:05 am
Forum: Help with using Inkscape
Topic: How to select text in PDF when entire page is an image
Replies: 12
Views: 5884

Re: How to select text in PDF when entire page is an image

To reply to druban. 1. I said to forget the first image because it is an anomaly. I have no idea why it is editable. I thought I had scanned it like all the others but the fact that it is editable and all my others aren't has me confused. Thus, being confused, I said to just forget it. However, If I...
by luvmywife
Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:35 am
Forum: Help with using Inkscape
Topic: How to select text in PDF when entire page is an image
Replies: 12
Views: 5884

Re: How to select text in PDF when entire page is an image

Forget the first image. How do I edit text in the 2nd image where the entire page is one image? Every PDF I open in Inkscape is an image with the black arrows on the outside of the image. I cannot select any text. FYI, I am scanning the hardcopy via a photocopy/scanner which automatically creates PD...
by luvmywife
Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:03 am
Forum: Help with using Inkscape
Topic: How to select text in PDF when entire page is an image
Replies: 12
Views: 5884

Re: How to select text in PDF when entire page is an image

I am on a PC using Win XP. Inkscape version 0.48. Yes I was able to open the .svg and select the text and edit. I open the pdf as you described. Open Inkscape then file>open and browse to the pdf, in the dialog that comes up I make sure "Import text as text" is chosen and it opens. I do a ...
by luvmywife
Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:16 am
Forum: Help with using Inkscape
Topic: How to select text in PDF when entire page is an image
Replies: 12
Views: 5884

Re: How to select text in PDF when entire page is an image

Your experience is different from mine. I have attached yet another file. When I open the pdf into Inkscape the option "Import text as text" is selected. I click on the arrow in Inkscape. I click on the text and the entire page is an image with black arrows on the outside of the page. I ca...
by luvmywife
Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:32 am
Forum: Help with using Inkscape
Topic: How to select text in PDF when entire page is an image
Replies: 12
Views: 5884

How to select text in PDF when entire page is an image

I upload a pdf page. I choose the selection tool (arrow). I click on the text that I want to change but the entire page is selected, not the text. The bottom shows the page as an image. How can I select text and change it? I have attached the pdf in question.

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