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Extract Text
Extract Text is for quotes, invoices, or notes. Selectable text comes from the PDF text layer. Pages with no text can run on-device English OCR in this tab.
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PDF files only up to 100 MB
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Private by design. Your files stay on this device and are never uploaded.
How it works
How Extract Text works
Extract Text is for quotes, invoices, or notes. Selectable text comes from the PDF text layer. Pages with no text can run on-device English OCR in this tab.
Guided steps
How to use Extract Text
- 1Select a PDF from your device.
- 2Optionally limit pages and leave OCR on for scans.
- 3Run Extract text.
- 4Copy what you need, then clear the file.
Questions
Extract Text FAQs
Why is the result empty?
OCR may have found nothing, or it was turned off on a scan. Lighting, handwriting, and non-English pages reduce accuracy. Photograph paper with Scan Document if you need a searchable PDF.
Is extracted text uploaded for analysis?
No. Text is read with PDF.js in this browser and never sent to PDFForge servers.
Does order match the visual layout?
Order follows the PDF text layer, which can differ from how columns look on screen.
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