[PDFBOX-349] Spaces between words ignored in scanned pdf files

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0-incubator
• Component/s: Text extraction
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jukka Zitting
• Created: 04/Aug/08 17:52
• Updated: 21/Oct/09 09:52
• Resolved: 01/Apr/09 14:34

Description

[Issue from SourceForge]
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1922502&group_id=78314&atid=552832

I am using PDF-Box-0.7.3.dll with C# and have tested extraction on two
searchable pdfs that I have scanned in from paper. Spaces between words are
ignored for both files. I have also tested another pdf file (which I
downloaded from the internet) and it was parsed correctly. Unfortunately,
the file is 1.2MB and the upload was blocked. Please send me an email
([e-mail]) and I will reply back with the file.

Thanks for looking into this.

Greg

[Comment on SourceForge]
Date: 2008-03-23 21:24
Sender: gkobzeff
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user_id=2042611
Originator: YES

I have scanned the file into a smaller file size. I have attached the
file.

Thanks
File Added: Advanced Pain Mgmt BW.pdf
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=78314&atid=552832&file_id=271548&aid=1922502

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: PDFBOX-61 Spaces in extracted file
• is duplicated by: PDFBOX-77 PDF-Extraction splits words by spaces
• is duplicated by: PDFBOX-347 Spaces removed after text extraction
• is related to: PDFBOX-80 Does not convert spacing. gourps words
• is related to: PDFBOX-146 Document does not separate words
• is related to: PDFBOX-234 spaces lost