Extract Text and Images

With the "Extract Text and Images" function of PDFCool Studio, the user can extract the text from selected pages in a PDF document, and generate to DOC document, text document and Excel/CSV string. The user can also extract the images from the selected pages in a PDF document, and save as individual images.

1. Open "Extract Text and Images" dialog

From the top menu bar, go to "Convert > Extract Text and Images";

2. Add the PDF documents you want to export text and images

The PDF documents opened in program will be added into the document list automatically. The user can also click "Add documents" button to add other PDF documents. Select one PDF document in the document list, click "Page range" button to open the Page Selector dialog, and then choose the pages needed to be dealt with from the PDF document.

Note: If check the "Use page selection" as page range option, the current page selection in the PDF document will be the default page range.

Extract text from the checked PDF document:

a. Check the "Extract Text" option in the Options box. Then, you can choose to save the text as word, pure text or excel/CSV string;

Attention: The function of extracting PDF document to word is suitable for simple structure PDF documents which contain only text and images. If converting complicated structure PDF documents which contains too much forms and layers, you may hardly reach the expected effect.

b. Output setting when extract text;

Enter the output file name by hand. Choosing output path by click, or enter the output path in the textbox directly.
Note: When check the "Save every page to an individual file" option, the text of the selected pages in the PDF document will generate into individual files.

c. Click on the Extract button to finish the text extract process;

d. If the PDF document has special fonts which can not be found in the system fonts, the "Exchange Fonts - Step 1of 2" dialog will popup when click on the Extract button. The user can choose the options of exchanging to similar fonts in the system fonts, the program will automatically exchange to similar fonts, or do not exchange the fonts;

e. Click on the OK button to open the "Exchange Fonts - Step 2 of 2" dialog. Firstly, choosing the font needed to exchange. Then, selecting the font you want to exchange for. Click on the "Find similar font" button under the Fonts in your system list box to find the similar font automatically.

f. Click on the Apply button to finish the extracting text process.

Extract images from the checked PDF document:

a. Check the "Extract Images" option in the Options box. Then, you can choose to save the images in the selected pages as individual images;

b. Output setting when extract images;

Enter the output file name by hand. Choosing output path by clicking, or enter the output path in the textbox directly.

c. Click on the Extract button to finish the extracting images process.