'Select Text' tool not working on PDF

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nileshtapkir
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'Select Text' tool not working on PDF

Post by nileshtapkir »

Hi,
I am trying to copy some text from PDF (created from AutoCAD), but unfortunately I am unable to copy. earlier it was working fine, not sure what changed and it stopped working.
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Re: 'Select Text' tool not working on PDF

Post by Tracker Supp-Stefan »

Hello nileshtapkir,

Welcome to our forums.
Can you please share the page in question (if confidential please e-mail it to support@tracker-softwar.com) - as we would need to take a look. I suspect that your Cad software might have converted all the text to curves, and while it still looks like text to a human - machines can't.

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Stefan
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Re: 'Select Text' tool not working on PDF

Post by lev »

nileshtapkir,

That's how the PDF was generated.
See How to create selectable and searchable text in a PDF from AutoCAD
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Re: 'Select Text' tool not working on PDF

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Hello lev,

Many thanks for sharing this!

Kind regards,
Stefan

P.S. I've also formatted the link a bit.
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