Extract Text From PDF Files
May 18, 2008 – 5:55 am
You can find PDF files all over the internet since they are frequently used by companies and government agencies to distribute information. Content providers like the files because they work on any computer. Unlike other file formats, such as the Microsoft Word DOC files, the formatting of a PDF document doesn’t change from computer to computer, regardless of the operating system.
Many popular Windows programs and all Mac programs can print to the PDF format so they are inexpensive to produce. Companies and agencies can save paper and printing costs by simply producing PDF versions of instruction and policy manuals.
There is a down side to using PDF files though. They generally can’t be edited without expensive software like Adobe Acrobat that costs $449. Even extracting text from a PDF document can be a challenge.
One way to get around this limitation is to visit the PDFTextOnline website. It won’t make extracting the text a breeze since you will lose the formatting but at least you can import the text into a word processor where you can edit it. Just upload your PDF file to the site and PDFTextOnline will convert it to a file containing all the PDF’s text that you can download. It is not perfect but it may help out in a pinch.
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