[reportlab-users] How to highlight text in PDF file

[Dang Quang Vinh]

Hello

 

Thank you very much

 

Could you give me a hint how to find a text inside a PDF file, after that I
can calculate the corresponding highlight rectangle?

 

 

 

From: reportlab-users [mailto:reportlab-users-bounces at lists2.reportlab.com]
On Behalf Of Tim Roberts
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 19:23
To: reportlab-users
Subject: Re: [reportlab-users] How to highlight text in PDF file

 

Dang Quang Vinh wrote:

Dear all,

 

With ReportLab, how can I highlight a text like the following image:


You do it by hand.  You compute the height and width of the string (which
you can do with stringWidth and the font size or leading), then draw a
yellow rectangle, of that size, then draw the text on top of it.





I think it is a basic feature of PDF reader application nowadays.


That's true.  I do hope you understand that ReportLab is not a PDF reader,
nor is it used for creating PDF reader applications.  It is used to create
PDF files.



-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com <mailto:timr at probo.com> 
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


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