Reading order kept
Columns are read one after the other, headings stay where they belong and words split at the end of a line are joined back.
How it works
Three steps, nothing more.
Step 01
Drop the PDF you want the text from.
Step 02
Pick the pages, plain text or Markdown, and remove repeated headers and footers if you like.
Step 03
Copy the text or download the file.
What sets it apart
Built for the result.
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No headers or footers
Running titles and page numbers repeated on every page can be removed, so only the body of the document is left.
Accepted formats
Drop them as they are, no conversion needed first.
Privacy
Where your files are processed
With this tool, your file is not transmitted anywhere: not to us, not to any third party. We know neither its name, nor its contents, nor its size.
One exception, which only you can trigger: reading scanned pages, for Pro subscribers. Only those pages, as images, are then sent over an encrypted connection, read by an artificial intelligence model, and erased as soon as they are read. Nothing is kept.
Frequently asked
What people ask us.
Another question? The contact address is at the bottom of the page.
No. Columns are found on each page and read one after the other, left to right. A heading or footer that runs across the full width stays where it is.
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