Have some PDF images and now need to convert them to text? This article is a step-by-step guide for how to convert PDF image to text in Mac OS X and Windows.

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How to Convert PDF Image to Text in Mac/Windows
2012-02-23 06:02:59 Emma
Have scanned a book or any other materials to PDF images and now need to convert these PDF images
to text, or concretely speaking, get the text in PDF images? OK, this is the way that people use to
digitalize paper-based content. Scanning paper into PDF images is not enough. After the scanning, you
still not be able to copy the content from PDF image. To solve the problem, learn how to convert PDF
image to text
To digitalize text in PDF images, OCR technology is needed. OCR, Optical Character Recognition, is now
the technology used to recognize text in images. Here since these scanned images are in PDF format, to
get text from these PDF images, you need an OCR-based PDF image to text converter. Among these
OCR PDF tools, I know that Acrobat X Pro is famous. However, $200 for Windows version, $400 for Mac
OS X really shocked me. Fortunately, there are some Acrobat X Pro alternatives. Among them, I like
Wondershare PDF Converter Pro.
First, I like Wondershare PDF Converter Pro, because it is a professional PDF tool to convert native
and scanned PDF to editable MS Word, PPT, Excel, EPUB, HTML, of course, Text as well, with
good quality.
Second, the price is acceptable. It is less than $80.
Third, the user-friendly interface guides you to convert PDF image to text straightforwardly.
Here are the steps to convert PDF image to text:
1. Download and install Wondershare PDF Converter Pro.
2. In Windows, select text as the output format at the panel. In Mac OS X, click the settings icon on
each item to select Text Document (.txt) as the output format.
3. Click the Convert button to finish PDF image to text conversion.
See, it is how to convert PDF image to text in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and Windows 7/XP/Vista. Just feel free
to get the PDF image converted to text.

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