Extract text from a PDF
Get clean text in reading order — columns handled, repeated headers and footers optionally removed, page separators optional. Text from OCR'd pages is included.
How to use PDF to Text
- Open the PDF.
- Choose options and preview.
- Copy or download the .txt file.
When to use it
- Quoting or reusing content.
- Feeding text to other tools.
- Archiving the text of scanned records (after OCR).
What to expect
- Reading order is best effort on complex layouts.
- Image-only pages need OCR first — the tool tells you which.
Questions
Does it work on scans?
Run OCR first; then the recognised text is included.