Is there a script to extract text from 500 pages in a fix location?

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January 20, 2024
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I was wondering if there is a script out there that would extract text from a fixed location from 500 pages. I need to extract the numbers from each page all at once. The image below is an example of one of the pages.

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try67

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Are these PDF files? If the text is real (ie. you can select it with the mouse and copy it), then a custom-made script should be able to do it, yes. The output can be a text file, which you could then paste into Google Sheets.

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Michael26193191u28bAuthor

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They are PDFs. Since there are 500 pages, selecting with my mouse and copying it one by one is time-consuming. Each page is exactly the same but the text that needs to be copied is different. The text is the same length and in the same location for each page. The photo above is the exact location and length.

try67

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If this is the only text on the page you can simply export the file to a text file.

Otherwise, a custom-made script can do it. If you're interested in hiring a professional developer to create such a script for you, feel free to contact me privately.

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