From: John Joyce Date: 2007-04-14T08:52:34+09:00 Subject: Re: Extract Text from PDF The trouble is, pdf is not always the same thing. Sometimes, there is no text at all in a pdf. It can be all vector art outlines or even all raster image graphics. There is never a guarantee that you will get any or all text that may otherwise be human readable in a pdf. Pdf has really become a kitchen sink format, so it is good to anticipate trouble parsing pdf files.