Thursday, November 22, 2007

How to extract components of PDF files?

PDF files may contain components such as tables that can be easily copied into Excel
Download pdftk

Use these commands to use pdftk
pdftk  document.pdf  unpack_files

If the PDF is protected, you must fill in the password:
pdftk  document.pdf  input_pw  fill the password here  unpack_files
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1 comment:

  1. DRM SoftwareAugust 22, 2011 at 11:24 PM

    Hi Dude,

    PDF format is meant as electronic paper so it's handy for viewing and printing. If you want to extract texts from a PDF file, you can open the PDF document with Adobe Acrobat and then use the copy and paste functions. Thank you...

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