How do we convert PDF files to text documents in TXT format under the Mac system? In fact, the Automator application that comes with the Mac system can help us to quickly convert the PDF to txt text, and the following small series gives you a detailed tutorial on how to do this:
1. First Open "Application"-"other"-"automator"
2. Then click "Finish" in the pop-up window.
3. Click the Automator app in the dock bar
4, choose "Workflow",
5, the operation below "database" Select pdf-"extract PDF Text", then "extract PDF text" Into the right column blank, as shown in
6, choose File Storage, note the document format selected "Application", any name, the default save to the desktop (save location according to personal habits selection), the desktop will appear just built Macgg.app, randomly find a PDF document dragged into it, is not a second to generate txt it?
7, there is another way, we can also create a [service] to achieve this document conversion, simply convert the operation into a single mouse right button, you can achieve the conversion of PDF to txt. However, the steps in the previous deployment are slightly different. There are two points in different places;
1. The selection is no longer [workflow] but [service]
2. Under "Library", select pdf-"to extract PDF text", and then drag "extract PDF text" into the blank in the right column, as noted in the figure
3. Save As usual, give this operation a name, then just click the right mouse button, select the service where you can see the name of this operation, click on it to achieve PDF conversion txt