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How do I extract Arabic Text using Acrobat DC?

New Here ,
Jan 22, 2017 Jan 22, 2017

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I want to extract Arabic text from a pdf. I have attempted many things with no success including exporting to word format, simple copy and paste, installing the apparent font (AXtGIHane), scanning/ocr, etc... Nothing has worked.  I downloaded the trial version of Acrobat DC, and have attempted several things with it as well (installing fonts, exporting, editing, trying to use OCR), without success.  I can see that it has many features/settings so I may be missing something. I notice that when I look for Arabic among the language list, it is not present.  I would be happy to provide a the file I'm using, or a portion of it. Although I'm working with the Macintosh version, I also have Windows 10 available, if that would help.

Thanks for your help,

-Tony

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Adobe Employee , Jan 22, 2017 Jan 22, 2017

Hi Tony, We are sorry to say that, but you can't extract Arabic text using Acrobat. We don't have Arabic support yet. I am raising a feature request for you.

Thanks.

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New Here ,
Feb 24, 2019 Feb 24, 2019

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Hey Ziad,

Marhba,

is there any update on this request

Regards,

Ahmad

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Community Expert ,
Feb 25, 2019 Feb 25, 2019

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Marhaba Ahmad,

لا والله

I wish there is.

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New Here ,
Apr 29, 2019 Apr 29, 2019

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Is there any updates

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Community Expert ,
May 02, 2019 May 02, 2019

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Sadly nothing yet, I'm constantly visiting this page to see the progress as I have heaps of customers requesting this feature all the time.

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New Here ,
Aug 16, 2020 Aug 16, 2020

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Adobe doesn't pay attention to the need of Arabic users?

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New Here ,
Jun 06, 2023 Jun 06, 2023

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its been over 5 years now and still adobe doesn't support the Arabic language.

 

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New Here ,
Apr 26, 2019 Apr 26, 2019

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Is there any progress in this matter

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May 06, 2019 May 06, 2019

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Regrettably, not!

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)

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New Here ,
Oct 03, 2019 Oct 03, 2019

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it's been almost 3 years now, and our company has got a big group of full ADOBE DC license. If this issue wasn't solved I wonder why?

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New Here ,
Apr 16, 2020 Apr 16, 2020

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How is the progress with Arabic support coming? 

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New Here ,
Oct 03, 2019 Oct 03, 2019

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Just use ABBYY FineReader

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New Here ,
Oct 20, 2019 Oct 20, 2019

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does it perform the same job as adobe DC with arabic recognition?

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New Here ,
Oct 26, 2021 Oct 26, 2021

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New Here ,
May 08, 2022 May 08, 2022

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Adobe scientists 3 decades not enough to support Arabic.

Is it normal?? 

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New Here ,
Jan 24, 2024 Jan 24, 2024

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I'm a long time subscriber to Acrobat DC and I came here 7 years after OP hoping Adobe finally supported Arabic (after all it is one of the official six languages of the UN) but sadly it seems this is still not a priority 😞 

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