PDF Files to Convert to Text

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Any freeware text utility to convert the
..PDF files to text readable in text editors
similiar to notepad.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks.
 
AAH said:
Any freeware text utility to convert the
.PDF files to text readable in text editors
similiar to notepad.
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I'd go for XPDF, it contains a program "pdftotext" to do exactly
this.

http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/

There are numerous other alternatives, but I never tried these... do
a Google search for "pdf to text" or "pdftotext".

Regards,
Wald
 
AAH said:
Any freeware text utility to convert the
.PDF files to text readable in text editors
similiar to notepad.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks.
Click to expand...

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Easy PDF to Text Converter can extract text from pdf files -- it does
NOT need Adobe Acrobat software. Easy PDF to Text Converter processes at
very high speed and you can convert multiple pdf files to text files at
one time.

Easy PDF to Text Converter is freeware. It works well on Windows
98/ME/2000/NT/XP Platform.

Features of Easy PDF to Text Converter

* Supports PDF to Text file conversion
* Convert batches of PDF files to Text files at one time
* Processes the conversion with very high speed
* Does NOT need Adobe Acrobat software
* Keeps original page layout when convert pdf to text
* Support drag and drop files
* Support PDF1.5 protocol (formerly only supported by Acrobat6.0)
* Works well on Win98/ME/NT/2000/XP platforms
* Userfriendly interface and easy to use!
===================================

http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/pdf-to-text/

I've not tried it.
 
wald
jo
Thanks for a quick response.


Any freeware text utility to convert the
..PDF files to text readable in text editors
similiar to notepad.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks.
 
wald

There are quite a lot of file there and I downloaded a file "
xpdf-3.00.zip"
That does not appear to be the correct file.

Can you please pinpoint the files needed to set it up.

Please help me to sort it out

The other one is not converting the references to "keyboard" commands
and "function keys" references. It just not taking any notice of those
references.

Your assistances is very much appreciated.
Thanks


AAH said:
Any freeware text utility to convert the
.PDF files to text readable in text editors
similiar to notepad.
Click to expand...

I'd go for XPDF, it contains a program "pdftotext" to do exactly
this.

http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/

There are numerous other alternatives, but I never tried these... do
a Google search for "pdf to text" or "pdftotext".

Regards,
Wald
 
AAH said:
There are quite a lot of file there and I downloaded a file "
xpdf-3.00.zip"
That does not appear to be the correct file.

Can you please pinpoint the files needed to set it up.

Please help me to sort it out
Click to expand...

You probably have converted your PDF file already by now, but just for the
record, here I go:

xpdf-3.00pl2-win32.zip is the file you need. Just download it and unzip it
in a directory of your choice. Copy the PDF file to that directory, open up
a DOS window and go to that directory. Type "pdftotext yourfile.pdf" and a
..txt file will be generated in the same directory, containing the text
content of the PDF file.
The other one is not converting the references to "keyboard" commands
and "function keys" references. It just not taking any notice of those
references.
Click to expand...

I don't really understand what you mean here...

Wald
 
AAH said:
There are quite a lot of file there and I downloaded a file "
xpdf-3.00.zip"
That does not appear to be the correct file.

Can you please pinpoint the files needed to set it up.

Please help me to sort it out
Click to expand...

You probably have converted your PDF file already by now, but just for the
record, here I go:

xpdf-3.00pl2-win32.zip is the file you need. Just download it and unzip it
in a directory of your choice. Copy the PDF file to that directory, open up
a DOS window and go to that directory. Type "pdftotext yourfile.pdf" and a
..txt file will be generated in the same directory, containing the text
content of the PDF file.
The other one is not converting the references to "keyboard" commands
and "function keys" references. It just not taking any notice of those
references.
Click to expand...



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I don't really understand what you mean here...

This reference is to the EasyPDF utility
mentioned by jo.

Thank you very much for your help.










Wald
 
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