PDF finding element

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When I am trying to indicate text in pdf by using find an element in Anchor base. It is indicating the whole pdf file not a particular element like the “Date” field. Do I need to add any extension in pdf to indicate the particular element

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Hi @NikhilRPA,
It seems like your pdf is image pdf or scanned pdf and that is why it is indicating entire pdf file.

Thanks.

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@Deepak94 Than how come I need to achieve the goal of getting a particular element from pdf. I used Read pdf text and Read pdf with OCR but I am not getting accurate results or all elements from pdf

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Hi @NikhilRPA

Are you using the Adobe pdf viewer to view and open the pdf file? Or something else? May be that’s why you are unable to get the anchor setup

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Ok.
Can you please try by pressing F3 while indicating the pdf. It should be able to select specific text from the pdf page.

Thanks.

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Hey @Lahiru.Fernando I am not using Adobe pdf to view or to open the file, I am using Perfect match pdf. Do I need to switch to Adobe to get Anchor set up

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I’m not sure whether the pdf activities work with that tool. But for Adobe pdf I know it works… try installing that and see whether it works for you

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Hello @Deepak94 Yeah it works for me for selecting specific element in PDF by pressing F3. But I am not able to get the results what ever I indicated element in PDF

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Ok.
Try using get Oct text activity and use the same F3 to select the text.
Hope this will work for you.

Thanks!

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