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How to Convert PDF to TXT Format

Does your PDF have some important text which you want to send another person who does not have the PDF reader? The best solution is to convert PDF to TXT format which will only convert the text present in the PDF file. However, the images presented in the PDF file will be removed from the file. On the other hand, if the images consist of the text, you can use the Optical Character Recognition to convert the PDF file into text. Here’re the simple steps that you can follow.

Part 1Best PDF to TXT Converter for Windows and Mac

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Wondershare PDFelement is a perfect converter to convert PDF files to Word, text format, images, PowerPoint presentations, HTML, Excel sheets and even links etc. Unlike most of the PDF converters, it also has the processional feature, OCR, to convert scanned PDFs to text files. The best thing about its conversion feature is that it will preserve the formatting of the PDF file which is very important for most of the users. You can either convert all PDF pages or can even select a set of pages for conversion.

Before converting to the txt format, PDF files can be edited in PDFelement, you can edit the text, images or even the pages of your file. While reading a PDF file, you can highlight the text of the PDF, strike through the text or can enter notes to a particular word in the PDF file. On the other, forms can either be created from a blank sheet or hundreds of forms templates present on the Wondershare PDFelement website. All these features are packed in a user-friendly interface to make perfect product for most of the users on Windows or Mac OS X.

Part 2How to Convert PDF File to TXT

Step 1. Import Your PDF File

Launch PDFelement on your computer and from the Home window, you will have to import the PDF file. Click on the "Open" button present on the bottom. Select the PDF file that you want to convert and hit the "Open" button again.

Step 2. Edit Your PDF (Optional)

If you want to make some changes to the PDF file, click on the "Edit" tab on the top bar of the program and then you can use the "Edit Text" option to edit the text presented in the PDF file. After enabling the "Edit Text", double click on the text and replace it with the new text or change the formatting of the text.

Step 3. Change PDF to TXT

Click on the "Home" tab and then click on the "To Text" button. Now, it will open another window where you can set different parameters for conversion. Enable the OCR feature by checking the box and select the pages that you want to convert. Now, click on the "Browse" button and select the location for the "TXT" file. Finally, click on the "Convert" button and it start converting the PDF document to TXT. It may take some time depending upon the size and pages in the PDF file.

Part 3Professional Tips

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Published: Sep 09,2016 9:56 am / Updated: Nov 30,2016 11:59 am

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