Re: PDF file characters x and y coordinates

2014-05-16 Thread Alin Mazilu
I process about 2000 PDF files daily and I never had had an issue with the coordinates. One piece of advise though: write your own TextPositionComparator. ~Alin On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Simer P wrote: > I just needed to confirm this with you guys. > > Can the X and Y coordinates return

PDF file characters x and y coordinates

2014-05-16 Thread Simer P
I just needed to confirm this with you guys. Can the X and Y coordinates returned in the processTextPosition(TextPosition text) ever be incorrect ? Because it doesn't really matter in what order the text is extracted ... if the x and y coordinates are accurate then I can rearrange the characters