Opening a pdf in AI without outlining the texts

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June 27, 2018
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Hi

I have a multiple pages pdf file that i want to open in AI so i can edit texts.

The problem is that when i open the pdf in AI, all fonts are automatically outlined. I do have the font type on my system but it doesn't prevent Ai from outlining all fonts.

Is there a way to "tell" AI not to outline fonts when opening the pdf?

Correct answer bkepl

I've used Inscape to open misbehaving PDFs. Once saved, the PDF will open in Illustrator with no problem. It was a lifesaver for me when I was creating a couple dozen maps from QGIS. Illustrator always opened them as having missing fonts, and I couldn't replace the fonts in Illustrator. When Inscape opens a PDF with missing fonts, you get a message asking if you want to replace missing fonts with the closest-named font. In some cases bold/italic, etc. don't get applied and I couldn't easily do so in inkscape (yes, I got impatient with learning yet another program), but the PDFs I saved from Inkscape and right away in Illustrator with no missing fonts reported.

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bkeplCorrect answer

Participant

I've used Inscape to open misbehaving PDFs. Once saved, the PDF will open in Illustrator with no problem. It was a lifesaver for me when I was creating a couple dozen maps from QGIS. Illustrator always opened them as having missing fonts, and I couldn't replace the fonts in Illustrator. When Inscape opens a PDF with missing fonts, you get a message asking if you want to replace missing fonts with the closest-named font. In some cases bold/italic, etc. don't get applied and I couldn't easily do so in inkscape (yes, I got impatient with learning yet another program), but the PDFs I saved from Inkscape and right away in Illustrator with no missing fonts reported.

nr48385538

Participating Frequently

OK.
Here is a crappy workaround for you.
Select some text in Acrobat and R-clk/Edit text.
Click outsode the text frame you were in and Ctrl-A to select all.
Now change the font, from and then back to the original.
Save this PDF as a copy and open in Illustrator.
You should have the text all in there without outlines now although some formatting may be lost. This is a per page solution so still fairly arduous for a long document.

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marylisr45975243

Participant

Thank you, this is the solution that really worked for me. I was trying to get a set of graphs exported from PowerBI (I had tried everything I could to get my client's preferred font to get added to PowerBI's very limited font palette, including editing the *.json code, no joy), and opening the pdf in illustrator outlined all the text. Thank you!

Jeff Witchel, ACI

Community Expert

Edit the document in Acrobat Pro DC. Here's a video about the editing features in Acrobat: http://www.jeffwitchel.net/2015/08/edit-pdfs-like-never-before-in-acrobat-dc/

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jaym85408297

Inspiring

Ok, it is somewhat less lame than it was.

It sure doesn't like small inline graphics.

Bleagh. No good choices.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

jaym85408297 schrieb
It sure doesn't like small inline graphics.

Just like Illustrator.

The only good choice is to get the source document and edit that. And if there are inline graphics in text, then most probably the source document is an InDesign file.