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It’s not easy to Extract Text from PDF Image. Not all PDF readers can pull text from PDF images or PDFs that have been scanned. The problem gets worse if the PDF has graphs, tables, or any other non-linear information that can’t be copied and pasted. This article will show you how to quickly and easily pull text from a PDF file.
Imagine if it was easy to get or extract text from an image, scanned document, or PDF file and quickly copy and paste it into another document or chat tool. You don’t have to waste time retyping or looking for the original document, which is good news.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a type of software that can read the letters and words in an image and turn them into text. You might want to use OCR technology to copy text from an image or PDF for a number of reasons.
How to Extract Text from PDF
Add PDF Files to the Program
- Download and install PDFelement.
- Then open the PDF files that you wish to extract text from by clicking on the “Open files” button.
Extract Text from PDF
- Once you’ve opened the file, click on the “Edit” tab.
- Then click on the “edit” icon.
- Now you can right-click on the text and select “Copy” to extract the text you need.
How to Extract Text from PDF Image
Open Your Image-Based PDF
- Once you have installed PDFelement.
- Then open the program to perform OCR on your PDF file.
- Now Click on “Open files” to select the scanned file and open it.
Perform OCR
- After you have opened the file on the program, it will detect that it is a scanned document and suggest that you need to perform OCR on it.
- Then Click on the “Perform OCR” option in the top blue bar.
- After that select an OCR language and click “OK.” It will be set to English by default, but you can change it.
Extract Text from an Image PDF
Once OCR has been done, you can pull text out of your PDF. To do this, click the “Edit” button at the top right of the “Edit” tab. Just right-click on the text you want to copy and choose “Copy.”
You can also change the format of your PDF to Word. Under the “Convert” tab, click the “To Word” button. Click “Save” in the pop-up window to change your PDF to Word format. Your PDF will now be in a Word document that you can edit. This will let you pull content from your newly converted file. Now, let’s look at some other things about this software;
- Converts PDF into other formats like Excel, Text, PowerPoint, Word, images, and more.
- Edits PDF contents such as fonts, pages, images, texts, and even watermarks.
- Creates PDF out of a blank document, HTML, existing PDF, images, etc.
- Supports protection of your PDF document through the use of passwords and restricted permissions to access the documents.
- The ability to fill out PDF forms, including scanned PDF files. You can also create your own PDF form using the form creation tools.