PDF to TXT - Convert PDF online
Conversion Results:
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How to convert PDF to TXT:
1. Click the "Choose Files" button to select multiple files on your computer or click the "URL" button to choose an online file from URL, Google Drive or Dropbox.
2. Choose target format. You can convert all kinds of documents and images to PDF files or convert PDF files to DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, XML, CSV, ODT, ODS, ODP, HTML, TXT, RTF, SWF, PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, PCX, PNM and PSD.
3. Click the "Convert Now!" button to start batch conversion. The output files will be listed in the "Conversion Results" section. Click icon to show file QR code or save file to cloud storage services such as Google Drive or Dropbox.
PDF vs TXT:
| Name | TXT | |
| Full name | Portable Document Format | Raw Text File |
| File extension | .txt | |
| MIME | application/pdf, application/x-pdf, application/x-bzpdf, application/x-gzpdf | text/plain |
| Developed by | Adobe Systems | Microsoft |
| Type of format | Document format | Plain text |
| Introduction | The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format used to present documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, graphics, and other information needed to display it. | On most operating systems the name text file refers to file format that allows only plain text content with very little formatting (e.g., no bold or italic types). Such files can be viewed and edited on text terminals or in simple text editors. |
| Technical details | The PDF combines three technologies: A subset of the PostScript page description programming language, for generating the layout and graphics. A font-embedding/replacement system to allow fonts to travel with the documents. A structured storage system to bundle these elements and any associated content into a single file, with data compression where appropriate. | "Text file" refers to a type of container, while plain text refers to a type of content. Text files can contain plain text, but they are not limited to such. At a generic level of description, there are two kinds of computer files: text files and binary files. |
| Associated programs | Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Google Docs, LibreOffice, Microsoft Office, Foxit Reader, Ghostscript. | Notepad, TextEdit, WordPad, UltraEdit |
| Sample file | sample.pdf | sample.txt |
| Wikipedia | PDF on Wikipedia | TXT on Wikipedia |