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I sometimes need to export a few pages from a big PDF file.

The pages must then be "copyable", ie the pages must not be exported as images.

On my older Windows 7 computer, a 200 page PDF crashes LibreOffice which I normally use for this task.

I thought I finally found the solution with Foxit Reader… only to see that the text pastes as garbage:

Is there a Windows/Linux application that can export a "text PDF" as "text PDF" (for lack of a better word) ?

FWIW, I tried the following apps before asking:

• CutePDF Writer (3.2.0.1) : image
• PDFSam Basic: Can't use eg. "1,2,5,102-105" ?
• ImageMagic: Only exports as images?
• LibreOffice: Crashes when handling 200 page doc
• Acrobat Reader: Can't print/export with own driver (relies on installed CutePDF)

Thank you.

Edit: pdftotext failed:

apt-get install poppler-utils pdftotext -layout -f 102 -l 105 big.pdf subset.pdf Syntax Warning: Invalid Font Weight Syntax Warning: Invalid Font Weight 

Next, copied subset.pdf to Windows, opened in SumatraPDF:

"Error loading subset.pdf". 

I sometimes need to export a few pages from a big PDF file.

The pages must then be "copyable", ie the pages must not be exported as images.

On my older Windows 7 computer, a 200 page PDF crashes LibreOffice which I normally use for this task.

I thought I finally found the solution with Foxit Reader… only to see that the text pastes as garbage:

Is there a Windows/Linux application that can export a "text PDF" as "text PDF" (for lack of a better word) ?

FWIW, I tried the following apps before asking:

• CutePDF Writer (3.2.0.1) : image
• PDFSam Basic: Can't use eg. "1,2,5,102-105" ?
• ImageMagic: Only exports as images?
• LibreOffice: Crashes when handling 200 page doc
• Acrobat Reader: Can't print/export with own driver (relies on installed CutePDF)

Thank you.

Edit: I can search the original file CTRL+F, so a text layer must be present. Nevertheless, pdftotext failed:

apt-get install poppler-utils pdftotext -layout -f 102 -l 105 big.pdf subset.pdf Syntax Warning: Invalid Font Weight Syntax Warning: Invalid Font Weight 

Next, copied subset.pdf to Windows, opened in SumatraPDF:

"Error loading subset.pdf". 

I sometimes need to export a few pages from a big PDF file.

The pages must then be "copyable", ie the pages must not be exported as images.

On my older Windows 7 computer, a 200 page PDF crashes LibreOffice which I normally use for this task.

I thought I finally found the solution with Foxit Reader… only to see that the text pastes as garbage:

Is there a Windows/Linux application that can export a "text PDF" as "text PDF" (for lack of a better word) ?

FWIW, I tried the following apps before asking:

• CutePDF Writer (3.2.0.1) : image
• PDFSam Basic: Can't use eg. "1,2,5,102-105" ?
• ImageMagic: Only exports as images?
• LibreOffice: Crashes when handling 200 page doc
• Acrobat Reader: Can't print/export with own driver (relies on installed CutePDF)

Thank you.

I sometimes need to export a few pages from a big PDF file.

The pages must then be "copyable", ie the pages must not be exported as images.

On my older Windows 7 computer, a 200 page PDF crashes LibreOffice which I normally use for this task.

I thought I finally found the solution with Foxit Reader… only to see that the text pastes as garbage:

Is there a Windows/Linux application that can export a "text PDF" as "text PDF" (for lack of a better word) ?

FWIW, I tried the following apps before asking:

• CutePDF Writer (3.2.0.1) : image
• PDFSam Basic: Can't use eg. "1,2,5,102-105" ?
• ImageMagic: Only exports as images?
• LibreOffice: Crashes when handling 200 page doc
• Acrobat Reader: Can't print/export with own driver (relies on installed CutePDF)

Thank you.

Edit: pdftotext failed:

apt-get install poppler-utils pdftotext -layout -f 102 -l 105 big.pdf subset.pdf Syntax Warning: Invalid Font Weight Syntax Warning: Invalid Font Weight 

Next, copied subset.pdf to Windows, opened in SumatraPDF:

"Error loading subset.pdf".