How to extract raw text from a PDF
Sometimes you just need the text from a PDF document — to paste into another program, analyse it, or use with a screen reader. Extracting raw text is faster than copying it manually page by page.
Steps
- Open the PDF to Text tool and add your file.
- Wait while text is extracted from every page.
- Download the ready .txt file to copy and use.
Tips
- Original text-based files (not scanned) extract with near-perfect accuracy.
- Scanned documents that are really images can't have text extracted, since they contain no real text to begin with.
- The result is plain, unformatted text, ideal for copying or automated processing.