# PDF to Text

> Extract selectable PDF text into a downloadable TXT file.

Canonical HTML: https://pdf.bqtools.com/pdf-to-text/
Release: 2.8.0
Language: en

## Purpose

Extract selectable PDF text into a downloadable TXT file.

## Inputs

- Accepted types: application/pdf.
- Multiple source files: no.
- Local file selection may require explicit user or user-agent permission.

## Native controls

- Choose PDF — `#file-input` / name `file-input`; type: file; accepts application/pdf,.pdf.
- Pages — `#page-range` / name `page-range`; type: text.
- Text order — `#text-layout` / name `text-layout`; type: select. Options: Smart lines (smart); Simple reading order (simple).
- text-page-headings — `#text-page-headings` / name `text-page-headings`; type: checkbox.
- text-normalize-space — `#text-normalize-space` / name `text-normalize-space`; type: checkbox.
- Search PDF tools — `#tool-finder-input` / name `tool-finder-input`; type: search.

## Actions

- Install BQ PDF Tools — `#install-app-button`.
- Share this page — `#share-button`.
- Accessibility and keyboard shortcuts — `#accessibility-button`.
- Use dark theme — `#theme-toggle`.
- Open menu — `#menu-toggle`.
- View keyboard and display options — `#open-accessibility-guide`.
- Got it — `#dismiss-first-run`.
- Reset settings — `#reset-restored-settings`.
- Extract text — `#process-btn`.
- Clear — `#clear-btn`.
- Reset settings — `#reset-settings`.
- Cancel processing — `#cancel-btn`.
- Retry — `#retry-processing`.
- Copy privacy-safe diagnostics — `#copy-diagnostics`.
- Update app — `#pwa-update-button`.
- Close tool finder — `#close-tool-finder`.
- Close accessibility options — `#close-accessibility`.
- Reset display options — `#reset-accessibility`.
- Done — `#done-accessibility`.

## Outputs

- Possible output types: text/plain.
- Monitor `#status-box` for processing state and `#results` for completed outputs.
- Dynamic result controls expose stable agent actions when applicable.

## Privacy and execution

- Execution mode: browser UI.
- Core document processing: local browser.
- Account required: no.
- Application-server document upload required for normal tool use: no.
- Do not claim completion until the page reports a completed state and exposes results.