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RE: How to convert PDF file originally created in Illustrator/In Designto editable format
Subject:RE: How to convert PDF file originally created in Illustrator/In Designto editable format From:"Al Geist" <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 6 Jun 2007 14:29:46 -0400
Karla Ortega wrote:
<We have some .pdf files originally created in InDesign and Illustrator, not
the source files, and need to be able to edit them, add new text, and new
graphics.
When we try to select text, it's impossible because it seems the .pdf was
saved as a graphic.>
Isn't PDF a native format for both Indesign and Illustrator? I edit PDFs all
the time in Illustrator.
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