Fix PDF Text
Repair broken formatting, encoding issues, and spacing from PDF text.
The Fix PDF Text tool repairs common problems with text copied from PDFs - rejoining broken sentences, fixing hyphenated word splits, removing page numbers, and normalizing spacing. If you have already copied text from a PDF and it looks broken, this tool fixes it.
What This Tool Does
When you copy text from a PDF, sentences often break at random points because the PDF renderer follows the visual layout, not the logical flow. Words get split with hyphens across lines. Page numbers appear in the middle of content. Headers and footers repeat on every page. This tool fixes all of these problems. Paste your broken PDF text and it rejoins split sentences, removes hyphenation artifacts, strips page numbers, and normalizes spacing to produce clean, readable text.
Why Use This Tool
Sometimes you already have the text copied from a PDF but it is broken and messy. You don't want to go back to the PDF file and extract again - you just want to fix what you have. That is exactly what this tool does. It takes your already-copied, broken PDF text and repairs it. It rejoins split sentences, fixes words broken by hyphens at line endings, strips page numbers, and normalizes spacing. It is the repair tool for text you have already pasted but that reads poorly because of PDF formatting artifacts.
How to Use
- Paste your broken PDF text into the input box.
- Select fix options - rejoin lines, fix hyphenation, remove page numbers.
- Click Fix Text to process.
- Copy the fixed text or download it.
Common Use Cases
- Fixing sentences broken across lines from PDF copy-paste
- Removing hyphenation artifacts from copied academic papers
- Stripping page numbers from extracted PDF content
- Cleaning up text copied from multi-column PDF layouts
- Repairing formatting of PDF text for use in documents
Example
Tips
- This tool works best on text from single-column PDF layouts where sentences flow linearly
- For text from multi-column PDFs, sentences may be interleaved - extract fresh using PDF to Text instead
- Combine with the Text Cleaner for additional formatting fixes after repairing line breaks
Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from Clean PDF Text?
Clean PDF Text works with uploaded PDF files. Fix PDF Text works with text you have already copied from a PDF and pasted in. It focuses specifically on repairing broken sentences and formatting.
Does it fix hyphenated words?
Yes. It detects words split with hyphens at line breaks and rejoins them automatically.
Is it free?
Yes, completely free with no account required.
Does it remove page numbers?
Yes. It identifies and removes standalone page numbers that appear between content.
Is my data private?
Yes. All processing runs in your browser. No text is sent to any server.