“Can you tell me how can I extract data from PDF that is secured? I have an e-book in the form of a PDF. I think it’s a secured PDF because I am unable to extract data. Please tell me some way or a tool so that I can extract some useful data from the book for my thesis.”
In the above problem we can see two issues:
First, the person is trying to extract data from PDF.
Second, the PDF file is secured.
In this blog, we will tell you how to extract information from PDF files that are secured using automated tools. I will talk about two tools. First, unlock the PDF. Second, to extract data from it.
But before diving into the solution let us know what a protected is or secured PDF. As a PDF can have two types of security:
User-Protected:- In this, the user simply puts a password to open the PDF
Owner-Protected:- In this owner of the PDF can use a permission password to establish restrictions on the PDF. These restrictions can be editing, copying, printing, extracting pages, etcetera.
If you can open your PDF but cannot copy your edit that means your PDF is owner protected. what can you do is- Install Adobe Acrobat Pro and by using the permission password remove all the restrictions from the PDF.
But what if you don’t have the permission password for the PDF?
Don’t worry, I’m going to talk about a tool that doesn’t need a permission password to unlock PDF.
A Tool to Extract Data From PDF Files That Locked
This tool can remove all the PDF restrictions like editing, copying, printing, extracting pages, filling in the form, signing in the PDF, commenting, etc. Let us see if it’s working:
- Download the PDF Image Extraction tool and install it in your system. Firstly click on the Add File(s)/ Add Folder button.
- Click on the Unlock button to start the processing.
Now your PDF is restrictions-free. You can copy, edit, and print your PDF. If you want a professional to extract data from PDF. Read the coming section.
PDF Toolbox to Extract Data From PDF Files
This tool has been designed for professionals to compress convert and extract text in images from PDF files. Here is the working of the tool:
- After downloading and running the tool you will see all the options that come with the tool. To extract data from PDF click on Extract Text. You can click on Extract Images to take out images as well.
- After that, click on Add File(s) or Add Folder to insert the PDF from which you want to extract data. Also, Click on the Browse button to give the location where you want to save your extracted data. Then click on the Next button.
- Then, you can customize your extraction process. Also, you can click on Advanced Settings to give more customization. After doing all the desired settings click on the Next button.
- Finally, you will be shown a summary of your customization. After checking the overview you can click on the Start button to extract data from PDF.
Let’s See What Comes With the Extracting Tool
I told you that this tool can compress, convert, and extract data from PDFs. If I talk about its extracting feature it can extract data from multiple images.
Extracting Images:
This tool gives you the functionality to save your extracted image from the PDF in any of the given formats:
JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TGA, PCX, ICO & RAW.
Extracting Text:
The tool offers you various customization options.
There are options to maintain the formatting, and page number including other page options.
Advance Setting Options:
You can set the position of text, images, and page numbers and add Text or images on the header or footer of the files as per your needs. Also, it is possible to resize the extracted images at your convenience.
Conclusion
In this blog, you learned how to unlock PDF files or remove restrictions without a permission password using the tool. Also, I talked about the tool to extract data from PDF With its many customization options. That gives you full freedom of how you want to extract data and images from the PDF file.
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