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I have my manuscript available to me in .pdf and .png formats but when I try to add it to a new pages doc it cannot be edited . What do I need to do so I can grab all my 100 plus pages of my manuscript text and copy and paste them into my pages doc so I can edit it?

If these two formats are not easy/possible to work with what text format should I be able to edit in pages?

Can I use mac's TextEdit to achieve this task?


Thank you


Chips

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 31, 2021 3:21 PM

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Posted on Jan 31, 2021 6:34 PM

Neither png or pdf are "text" formats. and produced on your Mac, both are images. Text Edit is, as the name implies, a text editor.


Your best choice is probably the application on which the manuscript was produced, and a copy of the original text document to edit.


Regards,

Barry

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Jan 31, 2021 6:34 PM in response to chipsr

Neither png or pdf are "text" formats. and produced on your Mac, both are images. Text Edit is, as the name implies, a text editor.


Your best choice is probably the application on which the manuscript was produced, and a copy of the original text document to edit.


Regards,

Barry

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