1) Upload PDF file to convert
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Allowed file types: pdf, ps, xps, pcl, pxl, prn, eps, djvu
2) Set converting PDF to TXT options
3) Get converted file
Total PDF Converter
Total PDF Converter supports PDF, PS, EPS, PRN, XPS, OXPS files. It's not a simple PRN converter, it's the all-in-one solution. New formats are constantly being added.
Tell Total PDF Converter if you want to omit images from the source files. You can also get the new file with images only without text if you like.
Convert PDF to PDF/A in batch. Update thousands of files in one process.
Total PDF Converter can act as a PDF splitting utility and extract selected pages from a multi-page PDF. It can also split PDF by bookmarks or by blank pages.
Total PDF Converter will change the date of the file or keep the original time stamps. Just check the appropriate checkbox.
Sign PDF documents with your digital signature during the file conversion process.
Combine several PDF files into one multi-page document with out powerful batch PDF converter.
Total PDF Converter can automatically rotate your documents.
PDF to Word converter supports both Doc and DOCX for your convenience.
Convert PDF to JPG? Customize the final image to your needs. Set the desired quality of the JPEG image to compromize the file size. The app also extracts selected pages and converts them to JPEG.
Convert PDF/PS/EPS/PRN files via our clear interface with lots of hints for beginners.
The widest list of output file types: DOC, DOCX, RTF, XLS, HTML, BMP, JPEG, GIF, WMF, EMF, PNG, EPS, PS, TIFF, TXT, CSV, PDF/A and PDF!
Total PDF Converter can combine several PDF files into one TIFF image. Or place every page of a multi-page PDF into a new TIFF files.
Tune the output: set new margins in inches to your standards (ready for printing).
Each PDF file is displayed in Preview panel. You can zoom it in/out or view the document full-sized. Preview option makes it easy to find the necessary PDF file.
Add text or image watermarks to the header or the footer of the output file. It's perfect for stamping bates too!
Want more order? Add pagination (sequential numbering of folders is available).
Total PDF Converter can extract odd or even pages for you.
Unlike free PDF converters, our app processes thousands of documents keeping the folder stucture.
No matter what MS Office you have, our app can convert PDF to DOC and DocX.
We also offer PDF Converter SDK for Web\SQL server\ASP\.NET\C#. With ActiveX you can easily implement our PDF converter into your application and redistribute it to the end users.
Total PDF Converter has full command line support (get the ready-to-use command line from GUI).💾 Upload Your File: Go to the site, click on «Upload File,» and select your PDF file.
✍️ Set Conversion Options: Choose TXT as the output format and adjust any additional options if needed.
Convert and Download: Click 👉«Download Converted File»👈 to get your TXT file.
| File extension | |
| Category | Document File |
| Description | Adobe Systems Portable Document Format (PDF) format provides all the contents of a printed document in electronic form, including text and images, as well as technical details like links, scales, graphs, and interactive content. You can open this file in free Acrobat Reader and scroll through the page or the entire document, which is generally one or more pages. The PDF format is used to save pre-designed periodicals, brochures, and flyers. |
| Associated programs | Adobe Viewer Ghostscript Ghostview Xpdf CoolUtils PDF Viewer |
| Developed by | Adobe Systems |
| MIME type | application/pdf application/x-pdf |
| Useful links | More detailed information on PDF files |
| Conversion type | PDF to TXT |
| File extension | .TXT, .TEXT |
| Category | Document File |
| Description | TXT format is the simplest text file standard that doesn’t support formatting. Such file contains text characters, tab and line feed characters. Being outdated in functionality it has one major advantage - compact file size, comfortable for sharing, data export/import. It supports various charsets (DOS, WIN, ISO, KOI-8). The charset can be changed to make TXT file compatible with any text reader. The lack of formatting is solved by setting up format params in the reader program. |
| Associated programs | Notepad TextEdit WordPad |
| Developed by | Various |
| MIME type | |
| Useful links |
Quick answer: Upload your PDF to the CoolUtils online converter above, click Convert, and download a plain .txt file seconds later. It maps every glyph to Unicode, keeps paragraph breaks and multi-column reading order, and runs OCR when the page is a scan. The output is UTF-8 text you can search, edit or index. Free, no install, no signup.
A PDF stores words as positioned glyphs rather than as a stream of sentences. That is why copy-paste out of a two-column report comes back scrambled, and why a scanned page yields nothing at all. Text extraction rebuilds the reading order and returns the whole document as one .txt file — no page cap, no watermark, and nothing left on the server after you download it.
Yes. A scanned PDF has no text layer at all, only a picture of the page, so the converter runs OCR (optical character recognition) on those pages and writes what it recognises into the .txt file. Accuracy is highest on clean scans at 300 DPI or above; a crooked phone photo of a page will need proofreading afterwards. A PDF that asks for a password before it opens has to be unlocked first.
| Feature | Online Converters | CoolUtils Desktop | Adobe Editor | Other Software |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batch Conversion | Limited | ✅ Unlimited | Manual only | Limited |
| File Size Limit | 1-5MB | ✅ No limits | System dependent | Varies |
| Privacy & Security | Upload required | ✅ 100% offline | ✅ Local only | Varies |
| Conversion Speed | Internet dependent | ✅ Fast local processing | Slow | Medium |
| Advanced Options | Basic | ✅ Full customization | Limited | Basic |
| Cost | Free/Premium | One-time purchase | Requires Office | Subscription |
| Formatting Preservation | Good | ✅ Excellent | Good | Varies |
| Multiple Formats Support | Limited | ✅ 40+ formats | Few formats | Limited |
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