Easy PDF to Text Converter for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffNovember 7, 2008

Sorely lacking in features, Easy PDF to Text Converter is disappointing even by freeware standards. The problems start with its interface, which requires you to click a button named Open to browse to the file you want to convert. From there, you can select more than one input file at a time, but all must be in the same folder. Also, you have to select the input files and destinations at one go. If you cancel in the middle, you have to start over. Conversion itself is fast, though many users will dislike how the program creates a separate text file for each page of the PDF rather than uniting all in a single file. Since the converter can't handle protected PDFs, many will find it just as easy to copy and paste text from Acrobat Explorer. The only real advantage of Easy PDF to Text Converter main is batch processing, limited though that feature is.

Easy PDF to Text Converter for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: December 24, 2004

Latest update: November 7, 2008

Version: 2.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 10
Windows XP
Windows NT
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows 98

Additional Requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 285,722

Downloads Last Week: 2

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User Reviews

2/5

35 User Votes

Virus found in install process!!!!
January 14, 2016
Pros
Didn't install due to a Virus found during install
Cons
Virus Found during install process
Summary
Don't know if it works, but I do know there is a virus in the install process.
Didn' Did NOT work
djconklinFebruary 9, 2013
Pros
FREE! And you get exactly what you paid!
Cons
Utterly and completely worthless.
Summary
Useless; converts the 1st page from a Google pdf file and that was it.
WORTH A TRY.
BW1936September 6, 2012
Pros
When it works, it is very fast. Text only files convert readily. Text errors are few.
Cons
The interface is basic. One has to open the program and manually locate the pdf file for conversion and select it for the conversion to occur. (The program does not add a right-click conversion option). Some pdf files fail to convert - reported as 'encrypted'. (Happens to many files). Each pdf page is converted into one text file. Thus a 10 page pdf file converts to 10 separate text files, which have then to be combined using Word or similar program.
Summary
It's a no frills program with some limitations, but it is free!
Failed to work
nai2March 31, 2012
Pros
None that I saw. Sure it's free, but when it wastes your time, even free isn't a benefit
Cons
Tried to use it with a PDF I'd just scanned. It claimed to have converted the file, but when I opened it I ended up with a blank page. Tried another file (that I'd downloaded) just to see if I could get it to work with anything, and it claimed to be encrypted. Clearly, it will be of no use to me.
Summary
Save yourself the frustration of uninstalling and don't bother to download.
Great with very large files, error prone
yobamaJanuary 25, 2011
Pros
Can work with huge files, as it writes out one file per page, other converters crashed aroung the 7000-10,000 page.
Cons
Errors! Street becomes Stret, 25,000 becomes 250, etc...
Summary
Does not work with repeating characters. Hopefully there will be a fix out real soon!
Excellent for Text Extracts
ken500October 6, 2010
Pros
Ever extracted a few 000 OCR output pages? Correcting a 2000 page document will drive you crazy if you have a single document. Single page outputs helps systematic corrections and keeping track of what you have done And combine .txt files later.
Cons
None - simple - neat!
Summary
I correct and validate text in PDFs that have been OCR ed - And there are 000s and 000s pages!
So not worth it
rla56520September 13, 2010
Pros
Nothing is good about it
Cons
Does NOT preserve the formatting.
Summary
Inexact conversion
744708June 14, 2010
Pros
Good for free, but not usefull for me
Cons
When PDF is in more than one column, do not follow the order of the text
Summary
When PDF is in more than one column, do not follow the order of the text
Useless Waste of Time
rajeev_bhallaJune 21, 2009
Pros
LImited Pros.
Cons
created a bunch of files, 1 per page, when I wanted a single text file for the book. Limited options. Poor UI
Summary
Waste of Time, does not perform as needed
Good enough for my needs
lyc999May 7, 2009
Pros
- free, simple to install and quick
Cons
- generates 1 .txt fille per page in each .pdf - would be nice to have command line interface
Summary
I have straight forward .pdf files to begin with, no image etc. It does exactly what it claims and free. What's more can I expect? It is a keeper for me.

Developer’s Description

Convert batches of PDF files to text format.

Easy PDF to Text Converter can export the text contents from a PDF document into a text document, preserving the layout. It is a standalone program and does not require Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, or Acrobat Reader. It also can convert batches of files at high speed and with good quality.