[PDFBOX-588] Problem extracting text in newline characters

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.0-incubator, 1.3.1, 1.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Component/s: Text extraction
• Environment: Win XP
• Assignee: Andreas Lehmkühler
• Reporter: Hesham
• Created: 04/Jan/10 07:20
• Updated: 17/Jun/13 09:01
• Resolved: 17/Jun/13 09:01

Description

Hello ,

I have a PDF file with 1 page only, when I try to extract its text using :
String pageData = stripper.getText( pdfFile );

It ignores some Enter characters between lines, so the last word in the line and the first word in the next line appear as 1 word without spaces between them !!

While if I copy the PDF text manually from the PDF and paste it in a text editor, Enter characters appear after the same lines that caused the problem in PDFBox.

Please check the attached file as a sample.

Is there a way to fix this ?

Best regards ,