PDF to TEXT, PDF to JPG, PNG etc.,

1) PDF to TEXT:

 

            When we are reading an ebook, the fonts and its size might not be comfortable to our eyes. By using this 'gPDF Text ebook editor'. We can convert a pdf file to a text file then we can read with comfort.

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Using Terminal:
         Goto System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager and install poppler-utils
Now open the terminal,

1. To convert, keep the pdf file in home folder,

       $ pdftotxt filename.pdf filename.txt

2. To convert first 2 pages to text,

       $ pdftotext -f 2 filename.pdf filename.txt

3. To convert last 2 pages as text,

       $ pdftotext -l 2 filename.pdf filename.txt

4. To convert a file which has password,

       $ pdftotext -upw 'password' filename.pdf filename.txt

2) PDF to JPG:

         It is nothing! Open the pdf file in, 'GIMP Image editor'  and save the files as .jpg or .png or whatever file format you want.

Note: All softwares, mentioned above are available in Ubuntu Software Center.

Using terminal, 'pdftotext' source- http://ubuntuintamil.blogspot.com/2010/04/pdf-to-text.html

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