Issue Extracting Email Addresses from PDFs — Need Help

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haileywilson
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Issue Extracting Email Addresses from PDFs — Need Help

Post by haileywilson »

Hi everyone,

I’m currently working with several PDF documents that contain multiple email addresses, and I’m trying to [url=https://www.extractmails.com/]extract emails automatically[/url] instead of copying them manually. I’m using PDF-XChange tools/editor, but I seem to be missing a straightforward way to do this.

Is there a simple way to:
  • extract all emails automatically
  • handle scanned PDFs + normal text PDFs
  • avoid broken or duplicate emails?
Any recommended method or steps would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Daniel - PDF-XChange
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Re: Issue Extracting Email Addresses from PDFs — Need Help

Post by Daniel - PDF-XChange »

Hello, haileywilson

I am afraid that there is not currently a way to extract specific text strings from base text in a document.
The closest we can offer is, if the string in question is contained inside of a fillable form text field, you can "export form data" - which offers a CSV option, so you can extract the content of the email field quickly from that...

Kind regards,
Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
PDF-XChange Co. LTD

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