I have opened a pdf file in Monarch Classic and while I see the number of pages, I see no data. What could cause this?

Margaret P
Margaret P Altair Community Member
edited December 2023 in Community Q&A
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  • Nicholas_21406
    Nicholas_21406
    Altair Employee
    edited November 2023

    Hi Margaret,

    Monarch Classic relies on textual input  Probably what is happening is that your pdf file contains only images of the text, which leaves Monarch nothing to work with.

  • Rebecca_Cronin
    Rebecca_Cronin
    Altair Employee
    edited December 2023

    HI @Margaret P , 

    If you OPEN the PDF document and copy & paste the text into NotePad/Word document and if nothing is visible then you will know it is an "image" PDF.  You will need to first OCR to a "TEXT" PDF or seek to see if the original source can be saved as a 'TRUE TEXT PDF'. 

    Hope this tip helps. 

    Kindly,

    Rebecca

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