This tool allows you to convert PDF files added to the list into TXT format. TXT file is a standard text document that contains unformatted text.
1. Click Add button to select and add files, or simply drag files from File Manager.
2. Click PDF to TXT button or go to the menu: Action > Convert > PDF to TXT.
3. Choose your preferred options.
4. Click Start then specify the destination path where the converted files will be saved.
Process selected pages:
1,2,3 processes first three pages.
2-4 processes pages 2,3 and 4.
1,3-5 processes pages 1,3,4 and 5.
PDFShaper.exe pdftotxt [input PDF] [output TXT] [x for exit]
"C:\Program Files\PDF Shaper Ultimate\PDFShaper.exe" pdftotxt "C:\input.pdf" "C:\output.txt"
This will convert input.pdf to output.txt.
PDFShaper.exe pdftotxt [PSL file or directory] [destination folder] [x for exit]
"C:\Program Files\PDF Shaper Ultimate\PDFShaper.exe" pdftotxt "C:\pdflist.psl" "C:\MyTXT"
This will convert all files in doclist.psl and save them as TXT files in the MyTXT folder.
The program does not convert image-based or scanned PDF documents.
The default or saved options will be applied during command-line tasks.