I don't know if this will help but if you open a PDF in Word it will automatically convert it to a Word document - even if the pdf actually contains an image.
John John Weller 07976 393631 > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com> On Behalf Of Alan Bourke > Sent: 22 February 2022 11:26 > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Report to Microsoft PDF Printer creates text as images. > > We have a customer who when printing a particular report from a Visual Foxpro > application sometimes selects the Microsoft PDF Printer (installed with MS > Office). This then prompts for a PDF file to save the report output to. They > then open the PDF in Acrobat Reader or whatever and need to select and copy > some text from it. > > The problem is that sometimes the PDF is rendered as an image so no > individual elements are selectable in Acrobat Reader. All fonts on the layout are > standard Arial. There are no settings on the PDF printer to adjust and nothing > on the VFP side that I can see would affect it. > > Replicating this process with the report layouts in question on my PC works > fine. > > Has anyone ever come across this ? > > > -- > Alan Bourke > alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/002201d827e5$70141cf0$503c56d0$@johnweller.co.uk ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
