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How to determine text properties for particular text usin javascript?

2010-05-26 10:18:45

harishmahadevan

Registered: May 26 2010

Posts: 6

Hi friends,

Can anyone please help me if we can find text properties(like font,font size) of a particular text in a pdf using javascript???

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 8.1, Windows

2010-05-26 11:03:08

gkaiseril

Registered: Feb 23 2006

Posts: 4308

You can use the 'textFont' and 'textSize' properties of the field object.

George Kaiser

2010-05-26 11:52:59

harishmahadevan

Registered: May 26 2010

Posts: 6

Thanks for the reply.I am a newbie to java script.Can u please give a small sample script to elaborate the textFont and textSize property to determine the text properties of a given word.

2010-05-26 12:12:40

gkaiseril

Registered: Feb 23 2006

Posts: 4308

Sorry, my mistake, I thought you wanted this for a field. For a work you will need a 3rd party plug in to get to the properties of a word in the PDF. Acrobat JavaScirpt can only get you the word and its quads or location on the page.

You can use the free [url=http://www.pdflib.com/download/free-software/fontreporter/]PDFlib FontReporter[/url] to get a PDF report of the embedded fonts.

George Kaiser

2010-05-27 10:12:52

harishmahadevan

Registered: May 26 2010

Posts: 6

Thanks for the software!!!!!!it is giving the text font..but i guess it doesnt give font size.Am i right??