Converting images with searchable text

[Shmuel Wolfson]

I save my visio graphics as WMF (using Save As), then import them into 
Frame. I just tested it, and the text is searchable.

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133

On 21-Jun-13 8:36 AM, Timothy DeWees wrote:
>
> I’m working in a large, complex book (3000+ pages). One of my 
> co-workers was tasked with creating some new images for the book using 
> visio. I suggested converting the visio images into pdf “images” and 
> pulling them into the book that way thinking that the text within the 
> images would be searchable. The text within the original pdf images is 
> searchable. But once the entire book is converted to pdf, the text in 
> the images is no longer searchable. I understand that I can run OCR on 
> the new pdf file and the text will be made searchable. I was wondering 
> though if there is something I can do in the process of converting the 
> visio figures and pulling them into the frame book where the text 
> would still be searchable after the frame book is converted to pdf? I 
> did some research and there seemed to be varying opinions on this, 
> with some recommending third-party software. But I was wondering what 
> I could do to improve this process without using third-party software? 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Tim
>
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