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PDF to text

Extract a PDF's text in reading order, columns and hyphens handled.

Drop a PDF here

Pages appear straight away.

Read on this device. No account, no upload.

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Nothing starts until you press the button.

Output

Plain text.txtThe words alone. Best when another program reads the file.Markdown.mdHeadings become # levels and lists become bullets. Best for notes and documentation.

Advanced

Keep column layoutLosslessHolds column positions as spacing instead of reflowing the text. It is how a table survives.Rejoin hyphenated wordsChanges the fileRejoins words a line break split. A heuristic: real compound words can be merged wrongly.

Type a page range instead

Page range

A range like 1-3, 5, 8- or one of even, odd, last.

This range is checked as soon as the document is read.

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