1Usage: pdf2word [options] -in inputfile -out outputfile
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3BASIC PARAMETERS:
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5 -in [ -i ] arg The input file. The default input folder is the
6 current working folder. When running the
7 application from the console or a BAT file, you may
8 use relative file names. However, if you are
9 calling it from an application or a server, we
10 recommend using absolute file names for robustness.
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12 -out [ -o ] arg The output file. The file extension (".docx",
13 ".doc" or ".rtf") of the output file will also set
14 the output file type. The default output folder is
15 the same folder as the input. When running the
16 application from the console or a BAT file, you may
17 use relative file names. However, if you are
18 calling it from an application or a server, we
19 recommend using absolute file names for robustness.
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21OPTIONS:
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23 -output arg The output file type. Valid parameter values are
24 "docx", "doc" and "rtf". If this option is
25 completely omitted, the default output file type
26 is "docx".
27
28 -pages arg (=all) Page numbers of pages to be converted. You may
29 specify a single page number, e.g. 2, or a range of
30 pages, e.g. 2-6. If omitted, all pages will be
31 converted.
32
33 -fileTimeout arg (=300) The maximum amount of time allowed, in seconds,
34 for each document conversion. The default timeout
35 is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
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37 -quality arg (=85) The image compression quality for JPEG,
38 from 5 to 100. The default quality is 85.
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40 -resolution arg (=192) The image resolution in pixels per inch,
41 from 8 to 600. The default resolution is 192.
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43 -password arg The master password to open the PDF. The password
44 must give unrestricted content extraction
45 permissions.
46
47 -bookmarks arg (=page) Bookmark generation in the output, either the
48 default "page" option to create a bookmark at the
49 beginning of each page, "extract" to extract
50 bookmarks from the PDF or "none" to not create any
51 bookmark in the output.
52
53 -ocred arg (=image+text) Handling of special OCRed PDFs that only contain
54 full-page images with hidden selectable text. This
55 option is only applicable to a PDF produced by an
56 OCR engine based on a scanned image. Valid
57 parameter values are "image+text", "text" and
58 "image". The default option, "image+text", converts
59 both images and text, making the hidden text
60 visible in the output. Use "text" to convert only
61 the text to make the hidden text visible in the
62 output or "image" to convert only the images.
63
64 -connectHyphens arg Flag to re-connect basic English dictionary words
65 that are hyphenated at the end of a line. This
66 does not remove hyphens from expressions that
67 require a hyphen, such as "counter-clockwise" or
68 "well-intentioned". Valid parameter values are "on"
69 and "off". By default, this option is turned "on"
70 if specified without an argument. However, if this
71 option is completely omitted, it defaults to "off".
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73 -condense arg Flag to shrink character spacing to prevent wrap.
74 Valid parameter values are "on" and "off". By
75 default, this option is turned "on" if specified
76 without an argument. However, if this option is
77 completely omitted, it defaults to "off".
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79 -matchLines arg Flag to insert newline characters into the output
80 in order to match precise line breaks in the PDF.
81 Please note that this interferes with paragraph
82 detection and you may end up with a new paragraph
83 for each line. Valid parameter values are "on" and
84 "off". By default, this option is turned "on" if
85 specified without an argument. However, if this
86 option is completely omitted, it defaults to "off".
87
88 -noAdjustFonts arg Flag to stop adjusting and shrinking the fonts to
89 fit text in the available space. Take note that
90 disabling font adjustments may sometimes cause a
91 single page PDF to come out as two pages in Word.
92 Valid parameter values are "on" and "off". By
93 default, this option is turned "on" if specified
94 without an argument. However, if this option is
95 completely omitted, it defaults to "off".
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97 -removeInvisibleText arg Flag to remove text that shares the same color as
98 the background. Valid parameter values are "on" and
99 "off". By default, this option is turned "on".
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101 -wordPad arg Flag to generate RTF with uncompressed images for
102 WordPad compatibility. This applies to RTF output
103 files only. Please note that uncompressed images
104 can significantly blow up the output file size.
105 Valid parameter values are "on" and "off". By
106 default, this option is turned "on" if specified
107 without an argument. However, if this option is
108 completely omitted, it defaults to "off".
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110 -advanced [ -a ] arg Advanced option to ignore angled text
111 (IgnoreAngledText=True) and/or vertical text
112 (IgnoreVerticalText=True).
113 By default, these are turned off.
114
115 -version Print the version number. Only available in Windows.
116
117 -silent Switches the application to Silent Mode. Warnings
118 and progress messages are not displayed. Only
119 errors that are considered failures are shown.
120 Only available in Windows.
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124Examples:
125 pdf2word -in myInput.pdf -out myOutput.docx
126 pdf2word -password MyPDFPassword -in my.pdf -out myDOC.doc
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