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Text extraction pulls all readable text content from your PDF document. This is useful for copying content into other documents, searching through PDF text, creating summaries, or analyzing document content. The tool extracts text while attempting to preserve the reading order and basic formatting.
Click "Select PDF File" or drag and drop your PDF into the upload area. The tool will begin analyzing the document structure.
The tool processes each page and extracts all text content. A progress indicator shows the status. Larger documents take more time.
The extracted text appears in a text preview area. Review it to ensure the content was extracted correctly:
Choose how to use the extracted text:
Extracts text from all pages of your PDF automatically.
Attempts to extract text in logical reading sequence.
One-click copying for quick pasting into other applications.
Save extracted text as a standard text file.
Shows where page breaks occur in the extracted text.
Maintains paragraphs and basic text structure when possible.
Scanned PDFs contain images of text, not actual text. Use OCR for these documents.
Complex multi-column layouts may extract in unexpected order.
Formatting like bold, italic, and colors is not preserved.
Some PDFs use embedded fonts that may not extract correctly.
A: This usually happens with scanned PDFs (which contain images, not text) or PDFs with custom fonts. For scanned documents, use our Image Text Extraction (OCR) tool instead.
A: No. Plain text extraction does not include formatting information. The output is plain text only. For formatted content, consider copy-pasting directly from a PDF reader.
A: Protected PDFs must be unlocked first. The tool will prompt you if it detects password protection.
A: PDFs with complex layouts (multiple columns, text boxes, floating elements) may extract in unexpected order. The tool tries to determine reading order, but complex layouts can confuse this process.
A: The tool extracts from all pages. Use page numbers in the output to find specific sections, or use Split/Extract Pages first to create a smaller PDF with only the pages you need.
A: No limit. The tool can extract text from documents of any length. Very large documents may take longer to process.