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in reply to Example Of Using CAM::PDF Like HTML::TokeParser

if the pdf layout is the problem, maybe you want consider to use pdftotext playing a little with the layout option, 

`pdftotext -layout file.pdf file.txt`;
`pdftotext file.pdf second_file.txt`;

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you can also extract only the desired pages of the pdf instead the whole file, making the search more easy

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Re^2: Example Of Using CAM::PDF Like HTML::TokeParser
by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Oct 08, 2011 at 19:31 UTC
    pvaldes,
    As I indicated in my original post, extracting the text didn't work. What I didn't indicate is that I tried every possible tool and variation I could think of to include commercial products. None of the text extractions produce a consistent enough format for me to get at what I need. I understand that what I want to do is not ideal nor easy am may be futile - I however would like to try for myself.

    Cheers - L~R

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