PDF to Text Extractor
Pull plain text from any PDF document.
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Click to upload or drag & drop
PDF files only
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does this work with scanned PDFs? +
No. This tool extracts embedded text data from PDFs. Scanned documents that are essentially images will produce no text output. You would need an OCR tool to read text from scanned pages.
Why is some text missing or jumbled? +
Some PDFs use unusual fonts or character encodings that make text extraction difficult. PDFs with complex layouts like multi-column text or text boxes may also appear out of order, since the tool reads text in the order the PDF stores it internally.
Can I extract text from specific pages only? +
The tool extracts all pages at once, but each page is labeled with its page number in the output. You can scroll to the page you need and copy just that section.
What happens to images and tables in the PDF? +
Images are skipped entirely since this is a text-only extraction. Table data will appear as plain text without the grid structure, so rows and columns may not line up perfectly.
Is there a page limit? +
There is no hard limit. However, very large PDFs (100+ pages) may take a few seconds to process. The text output will include all pages regardless of document length.
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