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Problem Copying Text Boxes (They rotate 90 degrees counter clockwise)

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2010-05-14 14:21:38
aaronmic
Registered: May 14 2010
Posts: 2

I am trying to copy text boxes from one PDF file to a newer version of the pdf file. When I copy them and paste them in the newer file, the boxes are all rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise. I have tried merging the files, adusting the page orientation... etc. I am not able to figure out how to copy the text boxes without them automatically rotating on me. Is there some way to prevent this from happening?

Thanks,

Aaron

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.4, Windows
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2010-05-14 17:26:14
#1
rbogie
Registered: Apr 28 2008
Posts: 432
one or all of the following suggestions should resolve the 'rotated text box' problem (these assume the target file is monochrome image):
1- on target PDF apply OCR. run 'examine document' tool (on document menu) and remove hidden text
2- export the target PDF to TIFF (file> export> image> TIFF); individual pages are created; recombine the TIFFs to PDF (if other than monochrome, may want to experiment with ZIP compression [see preferences] for both PDF to TIFF and TIFF to PDF)
3- import the target PDF to MS Office Doument Imaging (MODI comes with MS office) and save as TIFF (not MDI). next, create a new PDF from the TIFF file.
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2011-11-25 14:11:19
#2
bobcatt46
Registered: Nov 25 2011
Posts: 1
The following solution is but, one way to accomplish this task:
1) open Microsoft's Word pad (or similar word processor)...
2) type, style set, and format textual data ...
Any person.
1234 Any St.
Any town, IN, zip
3) COPY (^C) and PASTE (^V) this textual information/data, to any blank space within the PDF ...
4) Select the snapshot icon (looks like a small camera), rubber band box this textual information/data area ...
5) Now, having selected the text, which has now been turned into a graphic, select the STAMP tool/icon ...
6) Go to the area where you would like to apply the textual graphic ...
7) Using the right mouse button, apply the textual graphic stamp anyplace on page ...
8) Your done!
While this is not a perfect solution.
Hope this is found helpful.
It does allow you to rotate the text as a graphic.
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