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title: "Efficient text extraction from PDFs"
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description: "Discover how to configure text extraction from PDFs using Document Automation Server with customizable parameters."
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# Streamline PDF text extraction with ease

| Parameter                | Notes                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **`/PageSep`**           | This allows the definition of an optional page separator string in the output text file.                                                        |
| **`/PlaceTop`**          | Specifies whether the PageSep will appear at the beginning or the end of the page.                                                              |
| **`/ExtractTextEngine`** | The Extract Text Engine to use, below is a list of possible values.

- 0 (PDFBox with Formatting)

- 1 (BCL)

- 2 (PDFBox) |
| **`/FromPage`**          | The start of the range of pages from which to extract text. If not specified, a start page of 1 is assumed.                                     |
| **`/ToPage`**            | The end of the range of pages from which to extract text. If not specified, the last page is assumed.                                           |
| **`/copypdf`**           | Set to true if you want Document Automation Server (DAS) to copy the input PDF file to the target folder.                                       |

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