How to convert PDF(acrobat) to plane TXT(text) file?

[goofy2000]

I need to convert the the .pdf file (mainly with texts) to just .txt file.
Is there a program that let me do this?

 

[Workin']

Yes. The full version of Adobe Acrobat. Not the free reader program.

 

[javathehut]

Its really not worth getting the full version either. All it is is a stupid program that creates PDF's and vice-versa.

 

[Usul]

You can try to take a screenshot and use some ocr programs, usually works.
Try to zoom on the text, works better.

 

[Usul]

javathehut: what OS you run with your box?

 

[vi edit]

Workin', that's not totally true. If the PDF document was originally produced in word, or some other text editor and "printed" to Adobe, then you can pull the text out of it using the full version of Adobe. But, if the PDF document was originally a scaned image and then imported into Adobe Acrobat, then you cannot "pull" the text out of it.

javathehut, obiviously you haven't had to do any documentation involving 100's of pages of documents that you need to turn into digital media.

As a distribution tool, Acrobat is very handy. I use it quite a bit at work.

 

[Workin']

vi-edit you are right. I wasn't even thinking along those lines, got caught up in the "mainly with texts" statement.