http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:33:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/12/convert-pdf-to-text/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/12/convert-pdf-to-text/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:44:30 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7577 Practically any pdf viewer has the option to copy and paste text from pdf documents but none provide the means to convert a pdf document to text. Doing that by selecting all the text of a pdf document and pasting it into a text document might work but it is a cumbersome process. Using software programs specifically designed to convert pdf to text will be more efficient for that process.

Extract PDF To Text is supplied as an executable and source code. Users need an account at the Code Project to download the file but the data is not verified during the registration. The tool opens a file browser upon execution. The file browser is being used to pick a pdf document from the local hard drive which will be converted into text by the program automatically and stored in the same directory.

Extract PDF To Text cannot convert multiple pdf documents at once which is why Easy Pdf to Text Extractor might be a suitable alternative for users who regularly extract multiple text documents to text or have a large amount of text documents that they want to convert to text.

Easy PDF To Text can be used to add and convert multiple pdf documents at once to text format. It basically does the same thing that Extract PDF To Text does except for the processing queue and the graphical user interface.

The output is not perfect and it does require some manual correction. The text is readable without that procedure but correcting the gaps and words that got torn apart will improve readability.

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The pdf converter Graphics2PDF can convert selected bmp, jpg, gif, png and tiff images into one or several pdf documents. The interface of the software application has been reduced to the minimum. The user drags and drops images into the interface which are then displayed as thumbnails in the order of appearance in the pdf document. It is possible to change the order by using the <> keys that are visible below each image.

A click on Save PDF will convert the images into a pdf document that can be viewed with Adobe Reader or another compatible pdf reader.

The pdf converter software misses a few parameters that would increase its usefulness like options to encrypt the pdf document and to add other elements like text, copyright information or links.

No word on compatibility on the software developer’s homepage. The version ran fine on a Windows XP Service Pack 3 test system.

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