It's the way the PDF was created, which was probably on a Windows PC using something other than Adobe Acrobat. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 11, 2015, at 5:00 AM, gimp-docs-list-request@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Send gimp-docs-list mailing list submissions to > gimp-docs-list@xxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gimp-docs-list-request@xxxxxxxxx > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gimp-docs-list-owner@xxxxxxxxx > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of gimp-docs-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. cannot search "GNU Image Manipulation Program: User Manual" > on mac? help please! (Zariah Art) > 2. Re: cannot search "GNU Image Manipulation Program: User > Manual" on mac? help please! (Marco Ciampa) > 3. Re: cannot search "GNU Image Manipulation Program: User > Manual" on mac? help please! (Marco Ciampa) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 00:56:39 -1000 > From: Zariah Art <z@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: gimp-docs-list@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: cannot search "GNU Image Manipulation Program: > User Manual" on mac? help please! > Message-ID: > <CAPVxYUdwEG8RMFaY4GenGNVapN336WT2USq5f4n6jF5UXd1DEw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello there! > > i'd be so grateful for any guidance on my question :) > > > It's this: > > I have the PDF "GNU Image Manipulation Program: User Manual" > > downloaded to both my Windows PC, and my iMac OS X v.10.9.5. > > The search function works perfectly in my PC, using Adobe Reader, > > but? > > it doesn't work at all in my Mac, using neither Preview, nor Firefox > browser? > > nor even my newly-acquired (in a desperate attempt at the end of a long > frustrating day of troubleshooting as best i know how!) Skim PDF reader! > > So strange, huh? > > > So then, i tried re-downloading the "GNU?" PDF to my Mac.? Still no luck. > > Then, i thought, well maybe it's the reader? perhaps there's some quirk in > this "GNU" PDF, that makes MOST readers unable to recognize all its text as > a fully searchable component? > > (And maybe Adobe Reader is extra powerful in that regard?) > > > (I tried then double-checking, to be sure that i could use the search > function on my Mac in other PDFs, and yes i can! > > I searched through every one i tried perfectly, and i tried several, ? all > except this "GNU" PDF work fine! > > > Unfortunately, when i searched online for an Adobe Reader download for my > Mac, > > it seems that it does not exist for Mac! > > Okay. > > > So i thought, maybe the reason i couldn't make at least my Firefox search > in this "GNU" PDF in my MAC, is due to the add-on which i have only for > Windows not for mac: > > Adobe Acrobat 11.0.8.4 PDF Plug-In For Firefox 11.0.8.? > > it seemed perhaps a more functional app than Preview, or than the app i > now have in Firefox on MAC, which is the built-in > > Firefox PDF viewer('Free Foxit Reader'). > > But, alas, my search for that Adobe Acrobat add-on showed it also > unavailable for Macs. > > > One thing i did find, > > though this might be just out of my desperation to find anything at all > that might be do-able? > > (since this "GNU" PDF is crucial for me, as i depend upon the GIMP program > it pertains to and have had no success in installing the contextual help > itself! (how i wish i could!) and without being able to search this PDF, i > am hopelessly lost!) > > ?is this link: > > http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/73/adobe-reader > > (= *Adobe Reader* for Mac- Mac Update) > > = at http://creative.adobe.com/ . > > But it seems to me to be probably only an "update" to something that maybe > was available at one time, as i cannot find an actual Adobe Reader app for > Mac?? > > > So please, > > does anyone have any ideas? > > What have i not tried? ?or what am i not understanding?? > > Thanks so much, > Coatli > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-docs-list/attachments/20150409/64eae4f9/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:53:12 +0200 > From: Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx> > To: gimp-docs-list@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: cannot search "GNU Image Manipulation > Program: User Manual" on mac? help please! > Message-ID: <20150411105312.GA4934@ciampix-A532> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > >> On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 12:56:39AM -1000, Zariah Art wrote: >> So please, >> >> does anyone have any ideas? >> >> What have i not tried? ?or what am i not understanding?? >> >> Thanks so much, >> Coatli > > Where did you get the manual? How many pages? > > -- > > > Marco Ciampa > > I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it. > > +------------------------+ > | GNU/Linux User #78271 | > | FSFE fellow #364 | > +------------------------+ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:59:57 +0200 > From: Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx> > To: gimp-docs-list@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: cannot search "GNU Image Manipulation > Program: User Manual" on mac? help please! > Message-ID: <20150411105957.GA5406@ciampix-A532> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > >> On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 12:53:12PM +0200, Marco Ciampa wrote: >>> On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 12:56:39AM -1000, Zariah Art wrote: >>> So please, >>> >>> does anyone have any ideas? >>> >>> What have i not tried? ?or what am i not understanding?? >>> >>> Thanks so much, >>> Coatli >> >> Where did you get the manual? How many pages? > > Have you tried this: > > http://gimp.linux.it/www/meta/gimp-en.pdf > > ?? > > -- > > > Marco Ciampa > > I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it. > > +------------------------+ > | GNU/Linux User #78271 | > | FSFE fellow #364 | > +------------------------+ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-docs-list mailing list > gimp-docs-list@xxxxxxxxx > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of gimp-docs-list Digest, Vol 35, Issue 1 > ********************************************* _______________________________________________ gimp-docs-list mailing list gimp-docs-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs-list
