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unable to extract text

Hello,

Using pdf box
java -jar pdfbox-app-1.8.11.jar ExtractText 
lenvima-epar-product-information.pdf lenvima-epar-product-information.txt

The text extracted comes out with a "width" of about 15 characters, just 
one big column.  In later pages it seems to figure it out ... and then 
get confused again.

I am able to use pdfbox on other pdfs and works great.  So something 
about this pdf is the issue.

Note, when I copy and paste out of adobe reader I find that I get the 
same column issue.

Ideas on how to get the text here ... with a larger width?

See attached pdf

Thanks,
Evan
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Re: unable to extract text

Posted by Tilman Hausherr <TH...@t-online.de>.
You can't. The page number you see in the PDF ist just a text like other 
text.

If you know where the numbers are, you could use the ExtractTextByArea 
tool, but you'll have to program this, i.e. this isn't a command line tool.

Tilman

Am 12.02.2016 um 00:10 schrieb Evan Smith:
> Hello,
>
>
> Using pdf box
> java -jar pdfbox-app-1.8.11.jar ExtractText 
> lenvima-epar-product-information.pdf lenvima-epar-product-information.txt
>
> How would I NOT have page numbers in the text I am extracting.  I 
> can't tell the difference between the numbers in my PDF file and the 
> page numbers.
>
> Thanks,
> Evan
>
>>
>
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Re: unable to extract text

Posted by Evan Smith <ev...@gmail.com>.
Hello,


Using pdf box
java -jar pdfbox-app-1.8.11.jar ExtractText 
lenvima-epar-product-information.pdf lenvima-epar-product-information.txt

How would I NOT have page numbers in the text I am extracting.  I can't 
tell the difference between the numbers in my PDF file and the page numbers.

Thanks,
Evan

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Re: unable to extract text

Posted by Evan Smith <ev...@gmail.com>.
thank you, that worked great.

Tilman Hausherr wrote:
> Try the "-sort" flag.
>
> Tilman
>
> Am 11.02.2016 um 19:37 schrieb Evan Smith:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Using pdf box
>> java -jar pdfbox-app-1.8.11.jar ExtractText 
>> lenvima-epar-product-information.pdf 
>> lenvima-epar-product-information.txt
>>
>> The text extracted comes out with a "width" of about 15 characters, 
>> just one big column.  In later pages it seems to figure it out ... 
>> and then get confused again.
>>
>> I am able to use pdfbox on other pdfs and works great.  So something 
>> about this pdf is the issue.
>>
>> Note, when I copy and paste out of adobe reader I find that I get the 
>> same column issue.
>>
>> Ideas on how to get the text here ... with a larger width?
>>
>> See attached pdf
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Evan
>>
>>
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Re: unable to extract text

Posted by Tilman Hausherr <TH...@t-online.de>.
Try the "-sort" flag.

Tilman

Am 11.02.2016 um 19:37 schrieb Evan Smith:
> Hello,
>
> Using pdf box
> java -jar pdfbox-app-1.8.11.jar ExtractText 
> lenvima-epar-product-information.pdf lenvima-epar-product-information.txt
>
> The text extracted comes out with a "width" of about 15 characters, 
> just one big column.  In later pages it seems to figure it out ... and 
> then get confused again.
>
> I am able to use pdfbox on other pdfs and works great.  So something 
> about this pdf is the issue.
>
> Note, when I copy and paste out of adobe reader I find that I get the 
> same column issue.
>
> Ideas on how to get the text here ... with a larger width?
>
> See attached pdf
>
> Thanks,
> Evan
>
>
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