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...
>
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