Re: Copy text from pdf to TextEdit
Re: Copy text from pdf to TextEdit
- Subject: Re: Copy text from pdf to TextEdit
- From: Christopher Stone <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:12:14 -0500
On Jun 17, 2014, at 05:07, Guido Tangorra <email@hidden> wrote:
I want to create a text file from a pdf source.
I have a pdf with 1000 multiple choice questions like this:
... The dotted line is the separator from a question to another. I want to create a txt with 50 random questions from the 1000 above.
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Hey Guido,
As Emmanuel said SMILE would be a good way to go, because you get both the convert-pdf-to-text function and sophisticated regex.
As for how to proceed - I couldn't say without seeing actual samples of the source, because formatting is key in extracting data reliably.
-- Best Regards, Chris
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