If you’re using Illustrator CS3 or CS4, you will be prompted with a dialog box where you can choose your sorting orientation and a custom separator. In Adobe Illustrator, select the text the you want to merge together and go to File > Scripts > MergeText_AI. You can use the JSX file in that case (installation instructions above). Note: Adobe has abandoned Adobe Extension Manager as of CC 2015, even though it’s still installed.
#Move text down adobe illustrator pdf#
This extension installs a script that will merge text (including text on a path) into one text object, while retaining the style attributes of the individual pieces, including character styles as well as paragraph styles (if the separator includes a return character).Īnyone who’s tried to edit text from a PDF opened in Illustrator knows how frustrating it can be to make simple text edits when the text is broken up.
Following the release of my Combine Textfields extension for Flash, I’ve put together a similar extension for Adobe Illustrator.