Body: <p>I converted scientific books using softwares introduced <a href="https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/6496/how-convert-multi-column-pdf-files-to-readable-pdf-in-6-inches-display-devices/6497#6497">here</a>.
  I am using kindle paperwhite and the problem is that i cannot select and long press any word in PDF. Whole the file looks like an image.</p>
  
  <p>When I open converted PDFs in my PC, I see they are not images and I cannot select and copy an word. </p>
  
  <p>Do you have any idea how can I solve this problem? </p>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-04-11T17:52:51.927Z
Comments.Text: Once converted, the PDFs are not images when viewed on your PC and you cannot select or copy text still?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brandon Haugen
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-04-18T13:18:17.803Z
Comments.Text: Papercrop web page says it creates image sequences, not text in the PDF: "his program converts PDF documents such as articles, and academic papers into a PDF (or image sequence)". There are at least 2 types of PDFs: those which contain text which can be extracted, and those which are 100% images of page scans.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Bulrush
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-04-19T07:44:06.283Z
Comments.Text: What paper-crop produce at the end is not 100% image because when you  open the pdf in computer, you can still select the text
Comments.UserDisplayName: Sadegh
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Title: kindle cannot highlight/select words in converted pdf
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ThreadText: # kindle cannot highlight/select words in converted pdf
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-11)
  
  I converted scientific books using softwares introduced [here](https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/6496/how-convert-multi-column-pdf-files-to-readable-pdf-in-6-inches-display-devices/6497#6497).
  I am using kindle paperwhite and the problem is that i cannot select and long press any word in PDF. Whole the file looks like an image.
  
  When I open converted PDFs in my PC, I see they are not images and I cannot select and copy an word.
  
  Do you have any idea how can I solve this problem?
  
  **Tags:** pdf, conversion
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Once converted, the PDFs are not images when viewed on your PC and you cannot select or copy text still?  
  > **username_2**: Papercrop web page says it creates image sequences, not text in the PDF: "his program converts PDF documents such as articles, and academic papers into a PDF (or image sequence)". There are at least 2 types of PDFs: those which contain text which can be extracted, and those which are 100% images of page scans.  
  > **username_0**: What paper-crop produce at the end is not 100% image because when you  open the pdf in computer, you can still select the text  
  
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