Roger Jackson - November 15, 2017 - PDF
PDF formats play a vital role when it comes to share or exchange documents, information, secured statements, files, etc. across multiple platforms and between various type of user, who don't share or use same applications. In such condition sometimes one may need extract texts or images(gifs, bmp, png) from a PDF file. Here I will explain 'how to extract texts and images from PDFs?'
Several options are there to extract image, texts or both from PDFs. Generally, It Depends on what you want and the security restriction set on that particular PDF.
Point to Remember: Secured and Unsecured Type of PDF files
Secured PDFs are those which are secured by owner level restrictions. None of the below options will work until you remove such owner level protections. Such kind of restrictions is applied by the owner of PDF to protect it from being copied. All the keys are disallowed by owner, that will restrict you to edit/print/copy/extract texts from secured PDFs.
No need to worry, Using PDF Unlocker Software you can easily remove owner level restrictions. This utility will remove all kind of security to enable print/copy/edit/extract text and image options. PDF documents are unsecured, now you can easily export images and texts.
Ways to Extract Images and texts from Unsecured PDF Files
Among these options, you can choose any of them to extract data from unlocked PDF files.
Extract PDF Data with Adobe Acrobat PRO
Using Adobe Acrobat Pro full version of the tool, you can extract single as well as all images, also the texts from PDF document. These PDF Content can easily be exported into various formats such as EPS, JPG and TIFF.
Steps to extract a PDF with Acrobat DC:
- Choose Tools >> Export PDF.
- Select options. To extract text: Export the PDF to a Word or rich text format.
- Now choose among the several options available:
- Retain flowing text
- Retain Page Layout
- Include Comments
- Include Images
Acrobat Reader Copy & Paste PDF Option
If You have adobe reader installed on your system, then to extract PDF texts and images you can copy that section of a PDF document to the clipboard(Ctrl+C) and paste it(Ctrl+V) wherever you need.
Extract PDF File Content with Graphics Program
This option is best when your goal is to extract images from PDFs. Simply open PDF documents in some application like Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop, Corel DRAW, etc. Now here you can save the image to edit and after that, you can easily use it in other applications.
Multiple 3rd Party PDF Extraction Tool
Generally, it’s not recommended to use any third party commercial ware to extract texts and images from PDF because free Adobe Reader itself provides the option to extract PDF Data. So, there is no need to use such utilities and plug-ins. But you can use these third-party tools at your own risk to avails their services such as options for at a time multiple PDFs extraction/conversion, complete PDF files or particular content extraction.
Take a SnapShot Of PDF
Quality of image may downgrade. So, before you take a screenshot of an image in a PDF, enlarge it in its window as much as possible on your screen. On a PC, click Toolbar of the PDF window and press Alt+PrtScn. On a Mac, it’s “Command+Shift+4” and uses the cursor that appears to capture the area you want.
Warning: You may not able to extract images and texts from secured PDF files. To extract you need to remove owner level restrictions from PDF file using above mentioned utility. After removal of such restrictions, you can easily choose any of the ways to export PDF documents texts and images.
Conclusion
In this article, we have discussed five ways to extract text and images from PDF. Also, recommend one of the best PDF Unlocker utility to remove restriction from secured PDF file.