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Get the text out of a PDF

Save the words inside a PDF as a plain text file, ready to paste anywhere.

Your files stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

How it works

  1. Choose your PDF

    Drop it in or pick it from your device.

  2. We read every page

    Text is pulled out in reading order.

  3. Download

    Get a .txt file you can open anywhere.

Questions

Why is the file empty?

The PDF is probably a scan, which is just pictures of pages with no text underneath. Use PDF to Image instead.

Are tables and columns kept?

Not their exact layout, only the words, roughly in reading order.

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