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Extract Text from PDF
Extract all text content from a PDF document.
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About Extract Text from PDF
Extract text from all or specific pages of a PDF document. The extracted text can be copied to clipboard or downloaded as a text file. Uses Mozilla's pdf.js for accurate text extraction.
How It Works
The tool uses pdf.js (Mozilla's PDF renderer) to parse each page and extract text content with its positioning information. Text items are joined in reading order to produce clean, readable output.
Step by Step
- 1 Upload a PDF file
- 2 Optionally specify which pages to extract
- 3 Click Extract to process the PDF
- 4 Copy the text or download as a .txt file
Tips
- Works best with text-based PDFs (not scanned images).
- Scanned PDFs require OCR, which is not available in client-side processing.
- Use page ranges to extract text from specific sections.
- The output preserves paragraph structure but may not retain formatting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this work with scanned PDFs?
No. Scanned PDFs contain images of text, not actual text data. You would need OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for scanned documents.
Is the original formatting preserved?
Basic text content and paragraph breaks are preserved. Complex formatting like tables, columns, and styles are simplified to plain text.