Adobe Illustrator TIP: Convert Outlined AI Text Back To Live Text
Software required: Adobe Illustrator & Acrobat Professional
In Illustrator:
- Select all text.
- Effect > Document Rasterize Effect Settings:
- Color Model: Bitmap
- Resolution: High (300dpi)
- Effect > Rasterize…:
- Color Model: Bitmap
- Resolution: High (300dpi)
- Save as PDF.
In Acrobat Professional:
- Documents > OCR Text Recognition:
- Recognize Text Using OCR…
- Edit…
- PDF Output Style
- Choose: Formatted Text & Graphics
- Save as PDF.
- Then, copy-&-paste sections of text from the newly-saved PDF file back to Illustrator or MS Word.
- It won’t be perfect. Some editing will be necessary.
(Ref: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/318095 #3. Dec 4, 2008 9:28 AM in response to: (dré_as_in_Andrea) Re: Is there a way to convert outlined text back into live text?)
