Re: Extracting Text

Paulo Soares <[email protected]>
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The text in not extractable and not even Acrobat can do it. When I export
the file to a word doc it places an image, not text.

Paulo

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 7:36 PM, FDnC Red <[email protected]> wrote:

> How in the world do I extract text from this PDF?  It all comes out as
> gibberish non-printable characters, except when I choose "Copy With
> Formatting" in Acrobat.  I've tried several different techniques on the web
> including iText SimpleExtractionStrategy, TopToBottomExtractionStrategy,
> LocationTextExtractionStrategyEx, and other tools as well. Adobe's "Copy
> With Formatting" somehow decodes the text in this PDF.  Any ideas how to
> decode this text with iTextSharp?
>
> Thanks,
> Darren
>
>
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