Re: extracting text from a pdf.

From: RedBar0n (giliredbaron_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Mon 24 Mar 2003 - 00:17:44 IST


Hi,

You can use ps2ascii, but there is not such much luck whit HEB fonts...
(only from acrobat 5 +)...
I posted a thred about this, look for it....
Gili
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dekel Tsur" <dekelts_at_tau.ac.il>
To: <linux-il_at_linux.org.il>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: extracting text from a pdf.

> On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:04:34AM +0200, Arie Folger wrote:
> > On Wednesday 15 October 2003 09:57, Dekel Tsur wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 09:25:27AM +0200, Arie Folger wrote:
> > > > How can I extract text from a pdf not using Adobe Acrobat Reader?
And if
> > > > the file is password protected?
> > >
> > > You can use xpdf or pdftotext.
> >
> > I couldn't find such an option on the GUI of xpdf. Care to elaborate?
>
> You should mark the wanted text and then use the middle mouse button
> to copy it.
> If you want to extract the entire text, use pdftotext.
>
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