PDF to Text pulls all the words out of a PDF and gives you a plain text file. This is the quick way to copy text from a PDF when you only want the writing, with no images, fonts, or layout to get in the way.
How to extract text from a PDF
- Upload your PDF file.
- Start the text extraction.
- The tool reads the words from each page.
- Download or copy the plain text.
When plain text is what you need
Writers, coders, and researchers often want the raw words to paste into another program. Plain text is small, opens anywhere, and is easy to search. It also works well when you plan to reformat the content yourself.
Note on scanned files
PDFs built from typed text give the cleanest results. If your PDF is a scan, the pages are really images, so an OCR tool will read them better. For normal text PDFs, this tool returns the words quickly and clearly.