Making separate lines of text in Illustrator one box

[Lumpy]

My question is, I open a pdf in Illustrator and when I do it makes blocks of type separate lines.
How do I merge them together so I can copy and paste it as one block of text?

Thanks.

 

[doubting_thomas]

Re: Making separate lines of text in Illustrator one box

Maybe someone from Adobe will come along and give you an answer for this one

 

[rich apollo]

Re: Making separate lines of text in Illustrator one box

Select all the lines of text. Copy. Then paste with a type tool. This will not, however, maintain line breaks or leading.

rich

 

[catman]

Re: Making separate lines of text in Illustrator one box

If you just want the text (without formating) so that you can use it pasted somewhere else, save as from acrobat as plain text or text accessible.

Its a very nice and useful option.

alan