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tchi - 03 Apr 2008 21:26 GMT

in powerpoint, you can convert a text into a picture by copying the text and
paste it as a picture. Is there a way to convert the picture back to text
file?

thanksS

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Michael Koerner - 03 Apr 2008 22:23 GMT

Unfortunately, not.

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in powerpoint, you can convert a text into a picture by copying the text and
paste it as a picture. Is there a way to convert the picture back to text
file?

thanksS

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Ute Simon - 03 Apr 2008 22:52 GMT

Not an easy one. You could right-click and save it as a TIF image. Then open
that in Microsoft Office Document Imaging and let the OCR try to read it.
(For short texts I think it is quicker to re-type ...)

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Ute

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> in powerpoint, you can convert a text into a picture by copying the text
> and
> paste it as a picture. Is there a way to convert the picture back to text
> file?
>
> thanksS

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Echo S - 04 Apr 2008 00:24 GMT

It depends on the kind of picture you're talking about.

If it's an EMF or WMF, you can ungroup it and get to the text. If it's a
bitmap -- GIF, TIF(F), JPG, PNG, etc., then what the others said....

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> in powerpoint, you can convert a text into a picture by copying the text
> and
> paste it as a picture. Is there a way to convert the picture back to text
> file?
>
> thanksS

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