Converting PDFs to text

[jeffy]

I found this great tool for converting the text in PDFs to plain text:

http://pricelessware.org/2003/PL2003TEXT.htm#P110

It's a command-line program. Call it, for example, like this:

C:\applications\PDF-TXT1.EXE "C:\whatever\My PDF Document.pdf" C:\temp\from_pdf.txt

I have nothing to do with the creation of this program. I just use it and love it. Enjoy.

[lichudang]

Thanks, Great!

[Fredkc]

Another handy comand line tool is PDFToHTML

Reads a PDF file and does it's best to make an HTML file of it. Multi-column pages are not it's strong point, but it does a pretty god job.

Freeware:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdftohtml/

And no, I don't have a thing to do with this one, either; but yes I use it all the time.

[dak]

I found this great tool for converting the text in PDFs to plain text:

http://pricelessware.org/2003/PL2003TEXT.htm#P110

Looks like this utility is no longer available from this site.

It is listed on the front page, but is not available from the Text section.

Cheers,

dak

[SteveH]

It may also be worth trying xPDF. The Windows version includes a utility called pdftotext that will convert a pdf to text and, optionally, preserve formatting.

[proximity4]

A-PDF Text Extractor is a free utility designed to extract text from Adobe PDF files for use in other applications. There are three mode of output text: In PDF Order, Smart Rearrange and With Position. Learn more about the output type here.

The program is freeware, which means that you can use it either persionally or commercially for free.

The program is a standalone application; no Adobe Acrobat needed. A command line version is available also to allow you to call in your program or script.

If you want to grap images from PDF files, you may check out the A-PDF Image Extractor.
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