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Importing "Plaintext" from PDF

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Subject: [mg113466] Importing "Plaintext" from PDF
From: Mark Coleman <markspcoleman at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:36:06 -0400 (EDT)

Hi,

I'm attempting to use Mathematica (v7.01) to Import the text from a PDF file.
If I simply Import[] the file, it returns a list of graphics objects
representing each page of the file. If I use use "Plaintext" option of
Import[], it returns an empty list. My source pdf files were obtained
from Google's Patent Search function. Just wondering if I there is
some option I am missing or if Mathematica cannot Import text from pdf files.

Thanks,

Mark

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