Adobe Community: Why can't I edit a text layer?

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1. Bill Hunt,

Jun 20, 2012 8:30 PM in reply to Alex DeJesus

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In a Copy/Paste operation from a PDF, I would bet that you do not have a Text Layer. In the Layer's header, do you see a T in a box, or not?

Good luck,

Hunt

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2. Mylenium,

Jun 21, 2012 2:19 AM in reply to Bill Hunt

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It seems to be a text layer, but I would concur with Mr. Hunt on some level - pasting from a PDF is less than ideal. There may be some odd formatting preventing to edit the text or some non-text stuff inbetween that gets in the way.. I recomemnd you export the text to a Word or TXT fiel from Acrobat, clean it up and use that to paste the text.

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3. charles badland,

Jun 21, 2012 2:33 AM in reply to Alex DeJesus

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Did you try dragging out a Text Box in PS and pasting into that? (As opposed to just pasting at a Type Insertion point?)

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4. Trevor.Dennis,

Jun 21, 2012 3:12 AM in reply to charles badland

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One of the best ways to strip unseen formatting is to paste the text into Notepad, and cut and paste from Notepad to the target application. (if you are using a PC that is)

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5. Alex DeJesus,

Jun 21, 2012 11:53 AM in reply to Trevor.Dennis

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I pasted from the pdf to encore and PS. I also pasted the same text onto a text file and then to Encore and PS.

So, in Encore, I created a new menu page with a colored background. I copied text from a text file, but thought it better to "Edit Menu In Photoshop" and paste it there, which is where I am now. I drew a text box on the page. The text pasted fine, and I am able to resize the box. What I need to know is how to create two columns within the text box.

Also, the text is a bit blurry and hard to read. Using a 10 pt Nueva Std font. Wondering if it is normal for text to have such poor resolution on a DVD menu. No effects or shadow applied.

I tried something else. I opened the original pdf in Photoshop and dragged the text from it onto my menu page. It kept its format in 2 columns, but was monstrous size compared to my page. I sized it down to fit. But now that it is here, it is no longer editable. I am stumped.

When I click on the type tool it creates another blank text layer and my bio text that I dragged over is no longer a text layer.

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