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Extract text from a PDF
Pull the text out of a PDF to copy it, search it or use it elsewhere.
Your file stays on your device
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How it works
PDF to text in three steps
Choose your PDF
A PDF made on a computer, with real text in it.
Get the text
Handig PDF reads the text page by page, in the order it appears.
Copy or save
Copy the text or download it as a .txt file.
Good to know
- 1
Why doesn’t any text come out of my PDF?
Then your PDF is probably a scan: a picture of paper, with no real text. Use ‘Recognise text’ instead, which reads the letters in the picture.
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Is the formatting kept?
You get plain text, with lines and paragraphs. Bold, columns and tables become plain text.
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Does my PDF go to a server?
No. The text is read from the PDF in your own browser.
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