How to use
Drop files or press “Choose files” (PDF, docx / xlsx / pptx, images, HTML, text / CSV, EML and ZIP, mixed and several at once). You can also paste text or HTML. The format is detected from the content, not the extension.
When extraction finishes, the tabs Text, Images, Tables, URLs / mail / phone, QR & barcodes, Attachments and Metadata show a count each. Open a tab to see what was found and where it came from.
Anything that could not be extracted is explained above the tab (encrypted, scanned image, unsupported format …).
Copy and save each kind (TXT, CSV, xlsx, JSON, ZIP). Images and attachments can be saved one by one or as a ZIP.
“Save everything as one ZIP” puts all kinds into one ZIP (text, images, tables, attachments, metadata, links.csv, codes.csv, report.json).
What it does
Seven kinds in one pass
Text, images, tables, URLs / e-mail / phone, QR codes and barcodes, attachments / embedded files and metadata are shown in tabs on one screen, each with a count, so you see at a glance what was inside.
Always says where it came from
Every text, image, table, link and code is shown with its file name (“zip name/file name” inside ZIPs and mails) and page, slide or sheet, so you can trace it back.
PDF images: JPEG without loss
A JPEG embedded in a PDF is saved byte for byte, with no re-compression (a transparency mask is not carried, and you are told). Other images are converted to PNG. Images in Office media folders and data: images in HTML keep their original data.
Links and text URLs kept apart, de-duplicated
PDF link annotations, Office hyperlinks and HTML hrefs (“Link”) are shown separately from strings in the text (“Text”) and from QR content. Case and scheme are normalised and equal values are listed once. URLs are only displayed, never opened or fetched.
Explains what could not be extracted
Encrypted PDF or Office files, pages without text (scanned images), legacy formats (doc / xls / ppt), unsupported formats and anything over the limits are listed per file with the reason, so an empty result is never a mystery.
Nothing is opened or run
HTML is parsed with DOMParser: scripts do not run and no images or pages are loaded. Attachments can be saved but are never opened; executables and macros are flagged. A link whose shown text names a different site than its real target is flagged too.
Use cases
- Take the pictures out of a PDF or Word file you received, without losing quality
- List the links and the URLs, e-mail addresses and phone numbers written in a document, without duplicates
- Turn the tables in Excel or Word into CSV for another tool
- Look at ZIP or mail attachments and files embedded in PDF or Office without opening them
- Read the QR codes shown on a poster or in a document, from a PDF or an image, in one go
Supported formats
Text, images, tables and links
Partly
Capability matrix
| Feature | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Text from PDF, docx, pptx, xlsx, HTML and plain text | Supported | PDF per page, xlsx cell values, pptx slides and notes |
| OCR (scanned PDFs, text inside images) | Not supported | Not supported because it is too heavy. Pages without text are listed under “What could not be extracted” |
| Images embedded in PDFs (JPEG lossless) | Partial | JPEG / JPEG 2000 as they are; RGB, gray, palette and CMYK are converted to PNG (/Decode is applied). A JPEG / JPEG 2000 with a mask (transparency) is saved as it is, so the transparency is lost, and you are told. CCITT, JBIG2 and similar, mask images, images under 16px and data that inflates far beyond the image size are not extracted |
| Office images and data: images in HTML | Supported | — |
| Tables (xlsx, docx, pptx, HTML, CSV) saved as CSV / xlsx | Supported | — |
| Tables in PDFs | Not supported | Left out because the result would not be reliable. The text of a table is under “Text” |
| Normalising and de-duplicating URLs, e-mail and phone numbers | Partial | Only URLs that start with http(s)://, ending where non-ASCII text begins. Phone numbers are matched mainly in Japanese and international formats |
| Reading QR codes and barcodes | Partial | Images, images inside Office files and rendered pages of the first 20 PDF pages; up to 60 images / pages at a time |
| Attachments and embedded files (PDF, Office, ZIP, EML) | Supported | Saved only, never opened. Executables, scripts and macros are flagged |
| Metadata summary | Partial | Images, PDF and Office only. Hand over to Metadata Studio for details and editing |
| Password-protected PDF, Office and ZIP | Not supported | You are told that it is encrypted |
| Legacy formats (doc, xls, ppt) and Outlook .msg | Not supported | — |
| Nested ZIPs and mails inside mails | Not supported | They can be saved as attachments; their contents are not opened |
| Opening URLs or fetching what a link points to | Not supported | Shown only; nothing is requested |
Limits & notes
- Up to 20 files at a time, 100 MB per file, processed one at a time.
- ZIPs and mails are opened one level deep (100 entries, 50 MB each, 300 MB in total). Nested ones are not opened.
- PDF text covers the first 300 pages. Up to 200 images are taken per file, and images under 16px on a side are left out.
- Tables up to 100,000 rows each; xlsx up to 3 million cells across all sheets; text and HTML up to 20 MB. Office XML is read up to 256 MB per file in total.
- URLs, e-mail addresses and phone numbers are searched in the first 4 MB of each text, 12 MB per file and 20,000 hits; you are told when that cuts something off.
- For QR codes and barcodes, the first 20 PDF pages are rendered and at most 60 images / pages are checked at a time.
- OCR is not supported: text inside scanned PDFs or images and tables in PDFs are not extracted.
Privacy & safety
Reading, parsing, writing and zipping all happen in your browser. Files, their contents and names are never sent to or stored on a server. URLs, e-mail addresses, phone numbers and QR content are only displayed: nothing is requested and nothing is recorded in analytics.
FAQ
Can I get the images out of a PDF at their original quality?
Can it extract text from a scanned PDF?
Can it extract tables from a PDF?
What is the difference between a link and a URL in the text?
Is it safe to open attachments and embedded files?
Are my files uploaded?
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