SetTextExtractionOptions

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   Hi,

Has anyone managed to use SetTextExtractionOptions?

In my scenario I'm trying to extract text from a PDF which has "small caps" font effect. e.g.

EXTRACT ME  

which is being extracted as

E XTRACT M E

By default QuickPdf Library seems to use changes in font style / size as a cue for word boundary detection, a feature I was hoping I could disable by setting:

int setSuccess = _pdfLibrary.SetTextExtractionOptions(1, 1);             //(returning 1, so being set)
string pageText = _pdfLibrary.GetPageText(4);

OptionId 1 = Use Font information matching when grouping to separate text blocks
and
1 = Ignore

Any suggestions or help much appreciated!

Steve

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steve Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 15 May 12 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote steve Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: SetTextExtractionOptions Posted: 15 May 12 at 12:32PM
	Hi, Has anyone managed to use SetTextExtractionOptions? In my scenario I'm trying to extract text from a PDF which has "small caps" font effect. e.g. EXTRACT ME which is being extracted as E XTRACT M E By default QuickPdf Library seems to use changes in font style / size as a cue for word boundary detection, a feature I was hoping I could disable by setting: int setSuccess = _pdfLibrary.SetTextExtractionOptions(1, 1); //(returning 1, so being set) string pageText = _pdfLibrary.GetPageText(4); OptionId 1 = Use Font information matching when grouping to separate text blocks and 1 = Ignore Any suggestions or help much appreciated! Steve

steve Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 15 May 12 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote steve Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jun 12 at 10:29AM
	Support kindly responded with the following. Using (3,1) helped me in the majority of cases: "I also find that using all three options works pretty well. SetTextExtractionOptions(1,1); SetTextExtractionOptions(2,1); SetTextExtractionOptions(3,1); You may option 6 might improve the results slightly also. SetTextExtractionOptions(6,1); "