How to Convert PDF Files to Text Files | Tips and Tricks
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How to Convert PDF Files to Text Files | Tips and Tricks

Portable Document Format or PDF is the most common format to share documents nowadays. Sometimes we need to extract text from PDF files to use it in other applications. One way to do this is to retype the whole document in notepad and the other way is to use a freeware tool to convert PDF file to text file. The other method is far better than the first method.

How to Convert PDF Files to Text Files
Here is a free utility A-PDF Text Extractor which enable you to extract text from your PDF files for use in other applications. It can covert PDF file to text file in just one click. You just need to browse the file and click on Extract text button. The conversion process is fast and easy. This freeware utility don’t require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
However, the following conditions must be fulfilled in order to extract text from PDF files:
  • The file is formatted to contain text and not just images.
  • The file contains no security restrictions which disable text selecting.
It not just convert the whole PDF file to text file but it also provide you few other options. Suppose you have 100 pages in PDF document and you want to convert only pages from 20-60. There is an option to do this too. It also provide you 3 extract type options. One is in PDF order which follow the inner order of the PDF file. Second is Smart Rearrange which rearrange text-based on the position and the third option is With Position which output text with positions. You can read more about it on A-PDF Text Extractor homepage.
If you don’t want to download an application you can also convert PDF files to Word files online.

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