change PUB object to text?

[Erika]

2 years ago I added a text page to a PUB document and for some reason,
as I look at it now it's a microsoft object, not text.

Is there any way to turn this object into text? I need to duplicate it,
but make some edits.

Thanks.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

What do you mean by an object? That term describes a lot of different
things.

 

[Erika]

What do you mean by an object? That term describes a lot of different
things.

It looks like text but only the entire page can be selected, not any
individual characters. I can copy the whole page and paste the whole
page. The context menu says 'Delete object' and if I delete it, the
whole thing disappears. I think it's an image but I can't really tell.

Does that clarify?

 

[Mary Sauer]

If it is an image, save it as a .tif, open it in Microsoft Document Imaging and
do an OCR.

 

[Ed Bennett]

It looks like text but only the entire page can be selected, not any
individual characters. I can copy the whole page and paste the whole
page. The context menu says 'Delete object' and if I delete it, the
whole thing disappears. I think it's an image but I can't really tell.

I'm thinking you have an OLE object. What happens if you double-click it?

 

[Erika]

If it is an image, save it as a .tif, open it in Microsoft Document Imaging and
do an OCR.

Well live & learn. I didn't know I had that functionality! Thanks, Mary.

 

[Erika]

I'm thinking you have an OLE object. What happens if you double-click it?

Well if that don't beat all. ;-)

Brilliant, Ed! that makes it editable. Thanks!

 

[Erika]

If it is an image, save it as a .tif, open it in Microsoft Document Imaging and
do an OCR.

Personal to Mary: I never knew this existed! I just used it to scan a
paper document and convert to Word. I probably could have typed it in
the half hour it took, but still ... It's a great application!! Thanks
for the tip!!!

 

[Mary Sauer]

Erika,
I have used Document Imaging a lot. It is good for newspaper articles that folks
want for posterity. Columns don't work well, but if you scan one column at a
time and send it off to Word, it does the OCR quite well.

 

[Erika]

Erika,
I have used Document Imaging a lot. It is good for newspaper articles that folks
want for posterity. Columns don't work well, but if you scan one column at a
time and send it off to Word, it does the OCR quite well.

As I said earlier, live & learn. I imaged a flyer that was sent to me in
the mail (Somebody typed it! Why couldn't they email me the document?? I
BEG these people to email everything!) so it was a nice clean document,
and, yes, the OCR was almost perfect.