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    Posted: 15 Jun 19 at 1:44AM
Quick PDF Library v 16.x

What functions are available to search for a specific string of text within a multi-page PDF. The KB and 

Referenced guide do not seem to have any find text although it shows extract text from a whole page or block.
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It rather depends on why you want to find the text. I have an application which simply needs to extract some information from the first page to know how to process it. The simplest and quickest solution for me is to extract all the text on the page and run a couple of regular expression searches over it to find what I need. But if you wanted to know the precise position of the text you are looking for, so that you can highlight or modify it, the approach would need to be different.  But in principle the library will give you the text that can be identified as text, and it is up to you to process it.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Ingo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jun 19 at 2:14PM
Hi,

do a loop page by page and use the options with csv-extraction and "word by word".
So you'll have the page and rectangle position.

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Use any Pdf to word software to extract information from any pdf file by converting it into word docx file.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ingo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Jul 21 at 11:25AM
You've read what the threadstarter has written?  ;-)

"...What functions are available to searc..."

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