Edit existing text
hi.. i dont know if this has been answered before, and if it has than am sorry for asking again.. am actually new to illustrator and was hoping to find out if it was in any way possible to edit text in an existing .ai file.. i had asked someone to create a logo for me using Adobe Illustrator and he has done a great job but has made a couple of spelling mistakes in the text of the logo.. how can i change this? thanks in advance..
hey thanks for taking the time to reply..
the person is not available for the next few weeks and i need it to be done urgently..
from the look of things, the text in the file has been converted to paths.. is it still possible for me to edit the text? or would that be an impossible thing to do?
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package view;
//import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
//import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
//import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
//import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfCopyFields;
//import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfCopy;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfCopyFields;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfImportedPage;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfName;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfNumber;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
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import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
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splitPDFFile(fileName);
rotateFlatPDF();
markPdf();
mergeFlatPdf();
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List list = new ArrayList();
int startPageNo[] =
{ 1, 29, 47, 67, 85, 133, 179, 197, 225, 243, 277, 295, 319, 337, 365,
393, 419, 439, 471, 491, 513 };
int endPageNo[] =
{ 28, 46, 66, 84, 132, 178, 196, 224, 242, 276, 294, 318, 336, 364,
392, 418, 438, 470, 490, 512, 532 };
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* Read the input PDF file
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pageNum += endPageNo[i]) {
if (pageNum == 1) {
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"D://OMR//OMRpdf//flat//split//Flat-split-" + split +
".pdf";
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pdfReader.close();
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try {
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String pdfFolderPath = "D:\\OMR\\OMRpdf\\flat\\rotate";
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if (pdfFolder != null && pdfFolder.isDirectory()) {
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new PdfStamper(pdfReader,
fileOutputStream);
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PdfContentByte cb =
pdfStamper.getOverContent(i);
cb.beginText();
cb.setColorStroke(Color.RED);
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i))
OMRMarkingUtilityFlatfold.drawFlatOMRMark(cb,
1, i,
pageCount);
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i)) {
PdfContentByte cb2 =
pdfStamper.getOverContent(pageCount);
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2, i,
pageCount);
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i)) {
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pdfStamper.getOverContent(1);
OMRMarkingUtilityFlatfold.drawFlatOMRMark(cb3,
3, i,
pageCount);
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fileOutputStream.close();
catch (IOException ioe) {
ioe.printStackTrace();
} catch (DocumentException de) {
de.printStackTrace();
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try {
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new PdfCopyFields(new FileOutputStream("D:\\OMR\\OMRpdf\\flat\\merge\\output1.pdf"));
String pdfFolderPath = "D:\\OMR\\OMRpdf\\flat\\mark\\";
File pdfFolder = new File(pdfFolderPath);
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String[] pdfFileNames = pdfFolder.list();
if (pdfFileNames != null && pdfFileNames.length > 0) {
for (String pdfFileName : pdfFileNames) {
copy.addDocument(new PdfReader(pdfFolderPath +
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copy.close();
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} catch (DocumentException e) {
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import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
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float y;
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x = 14;
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x = 7;
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case 1:
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y = 689;
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case 2:
y = 679;
break;
case 3:
x = 14;
y = 670;
break;
case 4:
if (pageNumber == 1)
y = 661;
else {
y = 660;
break;
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cb.lineTo(x + Flat_OMR_Mark_Length, y);
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