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Topic: Read Text from PDF File

Posted By: MoneyRan
Subject: Read Text from PDF File
Date Posted: 24 Aug 11 at 10:45PM

I want to know if there is a function to extract words from a PDF document page.

After I extract the words, I must search those for some specific words and the coordinates of those words in the pdf and save them.

Appreciate some help!!!

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Posted By: Rowan
Date Posted: 25 Aug 11 at 8:58AM

Yes, this is possible using the GetPageText function in Quick PDF Library. We have an example in our FAQ of how to find a specific word in a PDF. It's done by extract all the words plus co-ordinates from the PDF and then parsing the CSV output.

Find a specific word in a PDF file

http://www.quickpdflibrary.com/faq/find-a-specific-word-in-a-pdf-file.php - http://www.quickpdflibrary.com/faq/find-a-specific-word-in-a-pdf-file.php

Posted By: MoneyRan
Date Posted: 25 Aug 11 at 5:56PM

Thanks Rowan. I looked it up and tried it and it works splendidly...