PDF Character count

How do we count the characters inside of your PDF?

• Upload We upload your PDF to our servers, unpack and analyze the contents. We take all of the text from the document and feed it to our algorythms.
• Character count We then simply count how many characters there are in total. You can see the number displayed next to the upload field when you upload and click "Count".

Why would you need to count the chars inside of a PDF document? Most popular use cases for our calculator.

• Content analysis Analyze the content lenght for readability or evene SEO purposes.
• Legal compliance For documents that must adhere to specific character limits, such as legal forms, contracts, or official submissions.
• Data Extraction and Parsing To ensure the document's content fits within certain limits for data input or database storage.
• Translation To estimate the cost or effort needed for translating the document based on character count.

Establishing the character length of a PDF seems like a simple task, but it's almost impossible to do manually. Our tool lets you tell how many letters any documents has by simply uploading it and clicking "count". In a second our free calculator tool displays the character count. It automatically calculates the length of any PDF document with selectable text.