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Anonymous
February 13, 2017
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Does iFilter look into text within 'table' in the document?

  • February 13, 2017
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There is a table with the pdf document, and it the iFilter is not providing the text contained with the table. Is this a known issue?

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Test Screen Name
Legend
February 15, 2017

Ok, thanks for that. It does look as if you've found a specific problem with iFilter. (Most people find problems with their text instead).  Are you using iFilter directly, to get a text stream, or are you using with an indexing engine? If it's a text stream, search to see if Mattresses or the letters in it appear elsewhere; ordering issues are not unusual.

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Anonymous
February 15, 2017

we have iFilter installed on Windows server, and we are also using code to extract the text (TextReader)

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Test Screen Name
Legend
February 15, 2017

Please don't make me analyse all that. I wanted just the single word you stated as a problem, Mattresses I think it was. Does it copy/paste correctly to another app or not?

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Anonymous
February 15, 2017

Yes when i copy and pasted into notepad, i was able to see the word 'Mattresses'

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Test Screen Name
Legend
February 14, 2017

Please complete the test. Select some problem text, copy it, and paste to another app. What do you see?

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Anonymous
February 14, 2017

Am able to 'select' the text from the pdf and paste into notepad++, am pasting the results here:

Chewing Gum

Packaged, cartoned Class III

Chocolate

Packaged, cartoned Class III

Cloth

Cartoned and not cartoned

- Natural fiber, viscose Class III

- Synthetic5 Class IV

Cocoa Products

Packaged, cartoned Class III

Coffee

- Canned, cartoned Class I

- Packaged, cartoned Class III

Coffee Beans

Bagged Class III

Cotton

Packaged, cartoned Class III

Diapers

- Cotton, linen Class III

- Disposable with plastics and

nonwoven fabric (in cartons)

Class IV

- Disposable with plastics and

nonwoven fabric (uncartoned),

plastic wrapped

Group A plastics

Dried Foods

Packaged, cartoned Class III

Fertilizers

Bagged

- Phosphates Class I

- Nitrates Class II

Fiberglass Insulation

- Paper-backed rolls, bagged or

unbagged

Class IV

File Cabinets

Metal

- Cardboard box or shroud Class I

Fish or Fish Products

Frozen

- Nonwaxed, nonplastic packaging Class I

- Waxed-paper containers, cartoned Class II

- Boxed or barreled Class II

- Plastic trays, cartoned Class III

Canned

- Cartoned Class I

Frozen Foods

Nonwaxed, nonplastic packaging Class I

- Waxed-paper containers, cartoned Class II

- Plastic trays Class III

Table A-2-2.3 Alphabetized Listing of Commodity

Classes (Continued)

Commodity

Commodity

Class

Fruit

Fresh

- Nonplastic trays or containers Class I

- With wood spacers Class I

Furniture

Wood

- No plastic coverings or foam

plastic cushioning

Class III

- With plastic coverings Class IV

- With foam plastic cushioning Group A plastics

Grains — Packaged in Cartons

- Barley Class III

- Rice Class III

- Oats Class III

Ice Cream Class I

Leather Goods Class III

Leather Hides

Baled Class II

Light Fixtures

Nonplastic

- Cartoned Class II

Lighters

Butane

- Blister-packed, cartoned Group A plastics

- Loose in large containers

(Level 3 aerosol)

Outside of scope

Liquor

100 proof or less, 1 gal (3.8 L) or

less, cartoned

- Glass (palletized)6 Class IV

- Plastic bottles Class IV

Marble

Artificial sinks, countertops

- Cartoned, crated Class II

Margarine

- Up to 50 percent oil (in paper or

plastic containers)

Class III

- Between 50 percent and 80

percent oil (in any packaging)

Group A plastics

Matches

Packaged, cartoned

- Paper Class IV

- Wood Group A plastics

Mattresses

- Standard (box spring) Class III

- Foam (in finished form) Group A plastics

Meat, Meat Products

- Bulk Class I

- Canned, cartoned Class I

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Test Screen Name
Legend
February 14, 2017

A screen shot may show a mixture of useful text, useless text, graphics and vectors. Please try the test I suggested and report the result.

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Anonymous
February 14, 2017

I am unable to 'select' the text from both sides of the page, am able to 'select' just on one side at a time:

Fruit

Fresh

- Nonplastic trays or containers Class I

- With wood spacers Class I

Furniture

Wood

- No plastic coverings or foam

plastic cushioning

Class III

- With plastic coverings Class IV

- With foam plastic cushioning Group A plastics

Grains — Packaged in Cartons

- Barley Class III

- Rice Class III

- Oats Class III

Ice Cream Class I

Leather Goods Class III

Leather Hides

Baled Class II

Light Fixtures

Nonplastic

- Cartoned Class II

Lighters

Butane

- Blister-packed, cartoned Group A plastics

- Loose in large containers

(Level 3 aerosol)

Outside of scope

Liquor

100 proof or less, 1 gal (3.8 L) or

less, cartoned

- Glass (palletized)6 Class IV

- Plastic bottles Class IV

Marble

Artificial sinks, countertops

- Cartoned, crated Class II

Margarine

- Up to 50 percent oil (in paper or

plastic containers)

Class III

- Between 50 percent and 80

percent oil (in any packaging)

Group A plastics

Matches

Packaged, cartoned

- Paper Class IV

- Wood Group A plastics

Mattresses

- Standard (box spring) Class III

- Foam (in finished form) Group A plastics

Meat, Meat Products

- Bulk Class I

- Canned, cartoned Class I

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Test Screen Name
Legend
February 14, 2017

There isn't even such a thing as a table in a PDF. It's just text, arranged in a regular way, that might have lines around it. Nothing to inform the iFilter that something is a table, page header etc. (in most cases). So your text extraction issue isn't specifically table related. Try doing a copy/paste of the table text in Acrobat Reader to see what happens.

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Anonymous
February 14, 2017

Following is an screenshot of the pdf document and iFilter doesnot extract the text 'Mattresses'

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