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Extract text

Copy or download all the text in a PDF.

Runs in your browser

About Extract text

Get the words out of a PDF to paste into a doc, a spreadsheet or a prompt. Text is extracted page by page with layout kept as well as possible, and you can copy it or download a .txt file.

  • Scanned PDFs have no text layer; run OCR PDF first.
  • Tables come out as lines of text; for structured data, copy a page at a time.
  • Use Compare PDFs to see what changed between two versions.

How to use it

  1. 1Drop a PDF.
  2. 2Review the text per page; pick a range if needed.
  3. 3Copy it or download as text.

Questions

Why is the output empty?
The PDF is probably a scan with no text layer. OCR PDF adds one.
Does it keep formatting?
Paragraphs and line breaks are kept; fonts and layout are not, since the output is plain text.
Is anything uploaded?
No. Everything runs in your browser, so your documents never leave your device.

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