How to Extract and Search Text in a PDF
Dragging across the lines of a PDF often breaks words or mixes columns. Extract Text gives you the clean text of each page, and a live search to find a name, amount or date in seconds.
Extract the text, step by step
- Open Extract Text and choose your PDF.
- Read the text of each page in the side panel, next to the page itself.
- Copy the page text, or download everything as .TXT or .JSON.
Search inside the PDF
- Type a word in the live search box.
- See every match highlighted on the pages as you type.
TXT or JSON?
- TXT: plain text for notes and documents.
- JSON: the text page by page in a structured format, for programs and data work.
Frequently asked questions
Does it work with scanned PDFs?
No. A scanned page is a picture with no text inside. The Translate PDF tool can read scanned English, Bengali and Hindi pages with text recognition.
Is there a size limit?
No fixed limit. Very large PDFs depend on your device memory.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. The text is read by your browser on your device.
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