Overview
What is TEXTfromPDF?
TEXTfromPDF : Easily extract the text content from PDF documents with TextFromPDF
In depth
A closer look at TEXTfromPDF
TextFromPDF is a text extraction utility that enables for the batch processing of Adobe PDF documents.One of a company's greatest assets is its intellectual capital. An important form of intellectual capital is the documentation created by its employees. This documentation is saved in a variety of file formats on computers throughout the enterprise.How can a company tap into all of this intellectual capital? TextFromPDF gives a company access to the text content contained in PDF documents without requiring any Adobe product. It can automatically extract the text from thousands of Adobe PDF documents in a matter of minutes.The extracted content is saved to text files where it can be easily searched, or archived. Developers can also import the text file contents into a variety of databases for content management purposesGathering the text from a PDF document without a tool such as TextFromPDF requires manual selection and copy/paste operations by a human. This is very slow, laborious, costly, and prone to error.Here are some key features of "TEXTfromPDF":? Command line execution.? Batch conversion of multiple PDF documents to text file.? Supports drag and drop of files and folders.? Retain original layout or change to "reading order".? Text files can be DOS/Windows, Unix, or Mac compatible? Convert entire document or only a specific page range.? PDFs can be on local drives or the Internet? Works with password protected documents.? Does not require any Adobe program.? Maximum line length of output can be user-defined.? Three text encodings supported: UTF-8, Latin1, and ASCII? Supports PDF 1.5Limitations:? 20 day trial? Only the first 10 pages of a document will be processed? The text will contain watermark text at the beginning and end of the file
Requirements
System requirements
Windows 2003 / Windows XP / Windows 2000
Verdict
Should you download TEXTfromPDF?
TEXTfromPDF runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Time-limited Trial
license
— the installer is 2 MB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Word Processing.
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At a glance
TEXTfromPDF specifications
- Last updated
- Apr 30, 2026
- Requirements
- Windows 2003 / Windows XP / Windows 2000
- License
- Time-limited Trial
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- File size
- 2 MB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 634
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