How do I convert a PDF file to PDF/A in Delphi?

Ho to convert a *.pdf file to a text file

• Does anybody know of a way to convert a *.pdf file, or a document word pad file or a new bitmap image paint file to a text file. I want to do this so that I can edit it. The only methods I can think of are manually copying it, or printing it out, scanning the printed page and using OCR. Both methods are very inconvenient, laborious and error prone. Is there a better way? If not can at least the *.pdf file be OCR-d or introduced in Visioneer's PaperPort without first copying it to paper?Does anybody know of a way to convert a *.pdf file, or a document word pad file or a new bitmap image paint file to a text file. I want to do this so that I can edit it. The only methods I can think of are manually copying it, or printing it out, scanning the printed page and using OCR. Both methods are very inconvenient, laborious and error prone. Is there a better way? If not can at least the *.pdf file be OCR-d or introduced in Visioneer's PaperPort without first copying it to paper?Does anybody know of a way to convert a *.pdf file, or a document word pad file or a new bitmap image paint file to a text file. I want to do this so that I can edit it. The only methods I can think of are manually copying it, or printing it out, scanning the printed page and using OCR. Both methods are very inconvenient, laborious and error prone. Is there a better way? If not can at least the *.pdf file be OCR-d or introduced in Visioneer's PaperPort without first copying it to paper?

• Answer:

  Adobe has a service online, which you can use by posting the pdf file on a webserver some where, so the bot can get at it, or, by emailing the pdf to them. I use the email version of this quite often, and it is rather good, and the responding email is very fast. The link for these tools is here : http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html google search PDF to Text webadept-ga