Text not searchable & copiable within an inported pdf doc in FM

Hi all,
I am having an unique problem with FrameMaker 7.1!
There is a *.fm file and within it, I am importing by reference a pdf file.
The above imported pdf file was created from OpenOffice draw (contains some shapes and text).
After importing the above pdf into FM, I save the *.fm file and convert it to a pdf file.
In this final pdf, it is not possible to search for texts that is contained within imported pdf (drawings created with the OpenOffice and then converted to pdf)!
Why is this so......is there a work around?
Note : Texts withing pdf's created from MS-Office Word are however searchable in the final pdf created from FM file (imported by reference in the same way)!
Thanks in advance,
Debayan

hi
Error7103,
Is the text searchable and copiable in the original PDF before importing?
Ans> Yes, in the original pdf, the texts r searchable & copiable to a recognized text format!
But in the pdf created from the *.fm file, those texts are no longer searchable & copiable!
What options are you specifying when exporting it from OpenOffice?
The Security tab settings would be the first place to look.
Ans> Yes, I have taken a look into the "Security" tab of 'PDF Options' and there "Enable copying of content" & "Enable text access....." has been checked!
Also in the 'General' tab, I have selected option "PDF/A-1" to be on the safer side (have also read the 'Help'), but all these don't solve my problem! :-(
Debayan

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