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Extract PDF Attachments vs. Extract PDF Images

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The names sound similar, but only one of these gets you back a spreadsheet or source document.

Extract PDF Attachments

  • ·Recovers complete embedded files — spreadsheets, XML data, source documents
  • ·A file keeps its own filename and extension, exactly as embedded
  • ·Only finds files actually attached to the PDF, not pictures used on the page

Extract PDF Images

  • ·Recovers the bitmap pictures used inside page content — photos, logos, screenshots
  • ·Every result is a PNG image, not the original file type
  • ·Does not find embedded documents or data files
Extract embedded images insteadRecover pictures used in the PDF, not attached files.
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