Okay, you are in the preview app right? and you’ve interacted with the PDF content group and then again with the text area and done a Command -A to select all the text? Then from the menu bar enter the Preview menu and then the services submenu, and you still can’t find the service “new textedit window from selection”?
In that case you need to enable the service from the services preferences pane in system preferences. You can get there directly from the entry at the bottom of the services submenu. In services preferences, select the shortcuts tab, then set focus to services in the service categories table. Now jump to the shortcuts table with VO+J and arrow down through the table until you find “new textedit window with Selection” and make sure it is checked. Tip: there’s a huge amount of entries you have to scroll through to get to the textedit entry. An easy way to get there is to collapse each category as you move down through the table. that way you won’t have to scroll through every entry in every category to get to the text category. The one you want is near the bottom of the “text” category. > On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:54 AM, Lorie McCloud <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can’t find new textedit menu with selection in services. it’s mostly about > google and maps and looking up in dictionary and things like that. am I in > the wrong place? > My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud > >> On Mar 26, 2015, at 9:05 PM, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open >> the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new >> textedit window with selection”. >> It does exactly what it sounds like. >> First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the >> text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and >> can select all. >> >>> On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then >>> copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not >>> nice but it works for me. >>> >>> Gena >>>> On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to >>>> know how to save a pdf as text. >>>> My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud >>>> >>>>> On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? >>>>> Chris >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
