#.pdf to text pdf#

A good way to check whether or not a text has OCR is to simply highlight a segment in the document browser in MAXQDA.

#.pdf to text pdf#

Most PDF files that were created digitally have OCR, but beware: scans of texts might not have it. The whole thing works using OCR (optical character recognition) technology: this means that the text contents of a PDF file are recognised so that the computer treats the individual characters as they would with a typical text document. The new document will then appear right next to the original PDF. Of course, you can also add text or delete segments if you wish! This text document can then be exported as well, so that you can also edit it in other text processing software. And as with all text documents, you can then go ahead and edit the text to your liking: you can adjust the font, font size, make the text bold or italic, create lists, change indent and a lot more. With many PDF texts, the conversion makes it possible to search within paragraphs when conducting a lexical search. To create a new text document containing all the text from a PDF document click “Insert PDF Text as New Document”

In the resulting document images and formatting are ignored only the plain text is inserted as a new text document in the “Document System”. All you need to do is right-click on the PDF document that you wish to convert into a text document, select “Insert PDF Text as New Document” from the context menu and MAXQDA will automatically create a new text document that contains all the text from the PDF file.

Have you ever wished to make changes to the text of a PDF document while working on a project? With the “Insert PDF Text as New Document” function you can do exactly that without having to leave your MAXQDA project.