How to Read PDF Column by Column ?

[shital_GMCS]

Hi,

I want to read PDF, which contains two or more columns.

So, How to read it Column by Column instead of line by line.


Thank you.

[Betsy.jiang]

Dear shital_GMCS,

Thanks for your inquiry.
Sorry that I am not quite clear about your specific requirement, did you want to read text ?
And could you please provide us with input file and describe your issue in detail ?

Thanks,
Betsy
E-iceblue support team

[shital_GMCS]

Hi,
Yes, I want to read text from pdf.
Suppose,
My first page of PDF file is consists of two columns.
And If I want to read only first column then how to read that ?

OR

Is there any way to read particular paragraph from PDF file.

Thank you.

[Betsy.jiang]

Dear shital_GMCS,

Thanks for your inquiry.
Sorry that there is no direct way to acheive what you want. For your requirement, you could extract all text firstly, then get the corresponding text by yourself.

Thanks,
Betsy
E-iceblue support team

[Betsy.jiang]

Dear shital_GMCS,

Thanks for your waiting.
Glad to inform you that the new feature has been implemented in Spire.PDF Pack(Hot Fix) Version:3.9.584.
Sample code for your reference:

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pdf.Pages[0].ExtractText(new RectangleF(10,20,400,500));

Looking forward to your feedback.

Sincerely,
Betsy
E-iceblue support team

[Betsy.jiang]

Dear shital_GMCS,

Greetings from E-iceblue.
Did you test the hotfix and new feature ?
Could you please give us some feedback ?

Sincerely,
Betsy
E-iceblue support team