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# PDF to Text

## Summary

There are two ways to get text from a document node into your workflow: wire it to a downstream text node to pass the full document as context, or open the fullscreen reader and select specific text to spawn it as a text node.

## How to use

### Connect downstream

1. Drop a PDF onto the canvas to create a Document Node.
2. Drag a connection from the document node to a Text Node.
3. The downstream node receives the full document as context.

### Extract selected text from fullscreen

1. Click the fullscreen button on the document node to open the focused viewer.
2. Select any text on the page.
3. Right-click the selection and choose **Create text node** — FLORA spawns a text node on the canvas containing exactly what you selected.

## Example workflows

* **Research summarizer** — Document Node → Text Node prompted with "Summarize the methodology of this paper in three sentences."
* **Brand-voice rewrite** — Document Node (style guide) → Text Node ("Rewrite this draft in the voice and tone described above.")
* **Pull a specific quote** — open fullscreen, select the passage, right-click → Create text node, then wire that text node wherever you need it.
* **Script breakdown** — Document Node (screenplay) → Batch Node → per-scene Text Node prompted with "Pull out every prop and wardrobe note in this scene."

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Even more connectivity is coming soon! If you have thoughts, comments, or suggestions, please let us know.
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