Convert PDF to text

Question

I want to automate the task of opening PDF files, copying the text, and pasting to Excel.
Is there a way in C# to automatically grab a pdf file and do this. By the way, using the Adobe Reader "Convert to text" doesn't keep text properly tabular formatted and that's why I copy the text.

Thanks.

Jitendra Shekhawat · Answer

https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Convert-PDF-file-to-Text-2115897c https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12445/Converting-PDF-to-Text-in-C https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/14170/Extract-Text-from-PDF-in-C-NET

darjeam nh · Answer

It's hard to keep the tabular format while extrating text from PDF to txt file. You may convert PDF to Word file to remain the original layout. https://www.e-iceblue.com/Tutorials/Spire.PDF/Spire.PDF-Program-Guide/Conversion/How-to-convert-PDF-to-Doc-in-C-VB.NET.html

Jony Green · Answer

You can try PDFLib tool it's an open source library can convert all pdf page contents to a plain text file and there is a third party pdf to text converter http://www.xspdf.com/guide/pdf-text-extracting/ using c#.net it can extract whole pdf page text easily.

Mike Gold · Answer

I would look at iTextSharp to read the PDF file and use COM interoperability to bring the Text into Excel -Mike G