Gwen Lester Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 I am trying to edit a scanned document, but certain parts are protected by what looks like a text box with a handle at the top. When I try to select text inside this box I get a 4 headed arrow where the cursor should be. Does anyone know how to get rid of this? When I try to delete the box I delete the text as well. I hope I can get an answer soon. Time is of the essence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 A scanned file will be a rasterised image. Are you editing this, in Photo, or have you converted it to a text file with an OCR program? If so, then your 'text box' is probably still in image format. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted August 23, 2019 Staff Share Posted August 23, 2019 Hi Gwen Lester, Welcome to the forums Are you using Affinity Publisher by chance? Could you please provide a screenshot of the issue you're seeing, including your Layers panel for me? Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 On 8/22/2019 at 10:58 PM, Gwen Lester said: I hope I can get an answer soon. Time is of the essence. If you want to get a relevant answer as soon as possible, you need to provide as much detail information as possible, such as the application type, OS, screenshot, video, etc. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 What you see is no text frame but might be a picture frame where you have placed or pasted your scanned image inside. To save "time of essence" you could want to try to decide to get familiar with the UI and its various kind of functions, features, tools and objects. They all together are another part of essence. To convert a picture (scan or photo) of text into editable letters you first need to use an application which does this OCR (optical character recognition). Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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