Illustrator opens text as outlines after update

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November 21, 2016
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Hi, Ive always been able to open a pdf file that contained text in adobe illustrator. However I just updated about a week ago to CC 2017 21.0.0 and since then, whenever I open a PDF that has text, the text automatically turns into outlines. This is very inconvenient as I use Illustrator at work to edit certain forms. The PDF files were sent to me by a different company so I have no idea what program they initially used to create/edit them, but before this update, I was able to open a pdf file, and Id be able to edit the text inside.

I know I can also use Acrobat Pro DC to make some edits, but it limits me a lot.

Is there any way I can make it so that whenever I open a PDF file, the text does not get outlined in Illustrator?

BTW im using a Windows 7 64bit laptop.

Thanks

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Monika Gause

Community Expert

This is almost always caused by ligatures in the text. You can't change it for PDFs that already exist.

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EC8400Author

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The documents I work with dont have any ligatures. Some documents hardly have any text in them. As mentioned, before the update, I was able to open a PDF file and edit the text. Just recently after updating, this feature is no longer available.

I have looked into all the new features that adobe talks about on Illustrator, but none of them show anything about converting text into outlines. I also tried looking into as many settings as I can with no luck.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Please see this screenshots.

So you want the text outlined in the AI file as well?

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