Combine multiple nearby texts into one solid text element
Migrated from https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1741720
From 2018-01-07
Summary:
Yuri wrote...
After the pdf import, text, that was originally the solid, is often split into separate words, and sequences of words, placed such that they appear as a solid text.
The suggested feature: Offer the user an operation to combine such texts when possible. The user will draw the rectangle, and specify the error tolerance. Inkscape will identify all co-located texts that are co-located within that tolerance, and combine text elements into one, such that they will look (almost) like the original.
This will greatly simplify pdf documents modifications. Sometimes, it is necessary to slightly change text in the document. When the original text is arbitrarily split into fragments, it is much harder to edit it.
Migrator's Notes:
- Did I mistakenly fish this out of ask.libreoffice.org?
😆 - I know that Inkscape touts the ability to open, modify and save as PDF but to this humble
🤣 Junior Bug Migrator Cadet First Class, this (fringe-case) issue appears to me more of an all-too-common PDF problem than an Inkscape problem. - Say it with me: PDF is an output file format. PDF is the last link in the chain of file creation. PDF was not designed to be edited.*
- Microsoft Office/OpenOffice/LibreOffice all cheat by embedding a copy of the formatted [.doc|.docx|.odt] in generated PDF files...not like I have a problem with that. Just sayin'.
* Sad but true, Adobe Systems Inc., who invented the format, sells rents their Acrobat software to edit/modify PDF files and, up to today, the only solution to properly edit PDF files..and that's the way Adobe likes it.
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