DaffyUK Posted March 9, 2023 Posted March 9, 2023 Hello, I'm having trouble importing a PDF into Publisher. It's importing all the numbers as symbols. I use a software called Stitch Fiddle to create crochet charts and patterns. The patterns export PDFs and I open them in Publisher to edit them. One of the pattern options is a graph where each square represents a crochet stitch. The squares are coloured so the reader knows what colour yarn to use. My latest design is complex and some of the shades are similar, so as well as having coloured squares, there is a number in each square to make it easy to identify which colour to use. The problem happens when I open the PDF in publisher, the numbers have all changed to symbols. I have attached three screenshots. The first one shows what it looks like in Stitch Fiddle. There are numbers on each square and the legend is shown on the left hand side. The second image shows the legend and the third image shows the coloured squares with symbols instead of numbers when opened in Publisher. I have tested the PDF by opening it in Preview and it looks correct and shows the numbers. So something is happening when the file is opened in Publisher. I also opened it in Photo and the same thing happens. I do get an error that the font is not available and I can choose a different font, but it doesn't make any difference if I try other fonts, they all appear as symbols. I have added a screenshot of the import dialogue box in case this helps. I'm using a MacBook and Publisher 1.10.6 Any help appreciated. Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 9, 2023 Posted March 9, 2023 You probably need to have the actual font installed. Callum 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Staff DWright Posted March 10, 2023 Staff Posted March 10, 2023 You can try placing the PDF into a Publisher document and set the PDF Passthrough option in the context toolbar to Interpret. Quote
DaffyUK Posted March 11, 2023 Author Posted March 11, 2023 Thank you for the replies. I went back to the Stitch Fiddle people and it seems the numbers are not an actual font, they are exported as symbols and this is why it's not opening correctly in Publisher. They have the option of downloading as an SVG and this retains the numerical info. Unfortunately it means it imports as a huge page, rather than individual A4 pages. So I need to work out how to split it up into pages. Making progress anyway. Thank you. walt.farrell 1 Quote
Andreas CH Posted March 11, 2023 Posted March 11, 2023 Nichts einfacher als das. 1. Erstelle einen Bilderrahmen in der gewünschten Grösse 2. Wähle bei Eigenschaften – minimale Grösse 3. Klicke dann auf Bild ersetzen und lade das SVG Nothing easier than that. 1. Create a picture frame of the desired size 2. Select Properties – minimum size 3. Then click on Replace image and load the SVG Quote
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