[PDFBOX-448] Columns in text not extracted separately

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.7, 2.0.0
• Component/s: Text extraction
• Labels: beads
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Brian Carrier
• Created: 01/Apr/09 15:21
• Updated: 09/Nov/15 16:44
• Resolved: 09/Nov/15 16:44

Description

The paper that is attached to PDFBOX-80 has two columns of text, but the extracted text is not separated by column. Instead it combines the text in each column on each line.

PDFTextStripper has a notion of columns and "articles / beads", but they are not being used with this file.