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Extract PDF Text

Extract PDF Text activity, which extracts text from a PDF document with optional OCR support.

Warning:

This activity is deprecated. Use its equivalent from the UiPath.PDF.Activities package going forward.

UiPath.IntelligentOCR.StudioWeb.Activities.PDF.ExtractPDFText.ExtractPDFText

Description​

Extracts the text from a PDF document.

Project compatibility​

Windows | Cross-platform

Configuration​

Properties​

  • PDF File - The file object that needs to be processed.

Advanced options​

  • Apply OCR - When enabled, it extracts all text, including the text from images from a PDF file, using OCR. If the option is visible, the OCR Engine option is also visible, having a dropdown with OCR options. When disabled, it extracts just the printed text.
  • File Password - The password of the PDF file, if necessary.

Output​

  • Extracted Text - Extracts the text from the PDF file and stores it in a string variable.
  • Description​
  • Project compatibility​
  • Configuration​
  • Properties​
  • Advanced options​
  • Output​

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