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December 4, 2008
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Is there a way to convert outlined text back into live text?

  • December 4, 2008
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I have an Illustrator CS3 doc in which all text has been converted to outlines. (I wish I had an intelligent answer to the question of why I don't have the original doc with live text, but...) I remember seeing a post some time ago that explained how to change the outlines back into live text, which may have involved making a pdf or something, but I can't find that post anywhere in the Adobe forums. Does anyone know how to do this, if it can even be done? Thanks!
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    OldBob1957
    OldBob1957
    Inspiring
    December 4, 2008
    Since it will be nice and crisp, you might try running it through an OCR program. Other than that, I can't think of anything.

    Edit: Ray types faster.
      rcraighead
      rcraighead
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      December 4, 2008
      I'd sure like to see that post. :) Once text is outlined it's no longer text. You'll need to retype it. I suppose you could use Acrobat Pro to OCR the file, but I can't imagine that would be worth the hassle unless there was a great deal of text.
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