Converting PDF files into regular text files is a common problem of many users who utilize this file format to support document exchange. Thankfully, numerous PDF to text conversion tools have already been developed.
Portable Document Format (PDF), developed by Adobe Systems, is a file format that is commonly used for document exchange. A PDF file contains a complete description of a two-dimensional document including its text, images, fonts and two-dimensional vector graphics that may compose it. Early versions of PDF creation programs required users to purchase separate software for printing and viewing PDF files.
Moreover, since early PDF versions were not compatible with external hyperlinks, PDF files were not often used in the world wide web. Since the early part of the 1990s, eight versions of the PDF file format had been introduced by Adobe Acrobat. To further expand the user base of PDF, Adobe also distributed Acrobat Reader Program for free. At present, PDF is considered as the standard for all documents that are to be printed. The file structure of a PDF typically consists of objects that may belong to eight types which are as follows: Boolean values,...