Yes, what you are doing is the right way to approach the problem. Using direct content to place text (be sure to use Render Mode 3, and place it BEHIND the image) and then add whatever else you want.
Leonard On Mar 28, 2007, at 12:51 PM, David Powell wrote: > Hello, > I have a bunch of image-based PDF files containing both text and > illustrations. I want to convert these image-based PDF to > 'Enhanced' PDF documents which will maintain the illustrations in > the correct location but enable the Copying and Finding of specific > text in the resulting PDF document, add bookmark tab and hyperlinks > to the content (to be read from xml files) and page tab, etc. I > have all the words and their location coordinates in the image- > based PDF document in a flat text file. Now what I am attempting to > do is to read each word and its coordinate from the text file and > place that particular word in the image-based PDF document at the > location specified by the coordinates of that word. > > I have being going thru the iText tuturial especially the section > on 'Part IV: Direct Content' and it is helpful. However, can I use > the iText API to manipulate an Imaged-Based PDF to produce an > 'Enhanced' PDF in this way? If so what would be the best approach ? > > -- > Regards, > David > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV________________________________ > _______________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
