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Is it possible to parse text data from PDF files in R? There does not appear to be a relevant package for such extraction, but has anyone attempted or seen this done in R?
In Python there is PDFMiner, but I would like to keep this analysis all in R if possible.
Any suggestions?
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Once you've opened the file, click on the "Edit" tab, and then click on the "edit" icon. Now you can right-click on the text and select "Copy" to extract the text you need.
You can extract data from PDF files directly into Excel. First, you'll need to import your PDF file. Once you import the file, use the extract data button to begin the extraction process. You should see several instruction windows that will help you extract the selected data.
Open a PDF file containing a scanned image in Acrobat for Mac or PC. Click on the “Edit PDF” tool in the right pane. Acrobat automatically applies optical character recognition (OCR) to your document and converts it to a fully editable copy of your PDF. Click the text element you wish to edit and start typing.
Linux systems have pdftotext which I had reasonable success with. By default, it creates foo.txt from a give foo.pdf.
That said, the text mining packages may have converters. A quick rseek.org search seems to concur with your crantastic search.
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