I save my visio graphics as WMF (using Save As), then import them into Frame. I just tested it, and the text is searchable.
Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 21-Jun-13 8:36 AM, Timothy DeWees wrote: > > I?m working in a large, complex book (3000+ pages). One of my > co-workers was tasked with creating some new images for the book using > visio. I suggested converting the visio images into pdf ?images? and > pulling them into the book that way thinking that the text within the > images would be searchable. The text within the original pdf images is > searchable. But once the entire book is converted to pdf, the text in > the images is no longer searchable. I understand that I can run OCR on > the new pdf file and the text will be made searchable. I was wondering > though if there is something I can do in the process of converting the > visio figures and pulling them into the frame book where the text > would still be searchable after the frame book is converted to pdf? I > did some research and there seemed to be varying opinions on this, > with some recommending third-party software. But I was wondering what > I could do to improve this process without using third-party software? > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Tim > >
