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From contributor file to production files

StoryExtract

Turn Word files, PDFs, and pasted email into clean story text and named photos, ready for layout.

StoryExtract screenshot: the Town News publication with its issues in a folder tree, and the November 12 issue open with story and photo tiles
IN.docxPDFPasted text + photos
→
OUTPlain textNamed photosZIP per storyZIP per issue

Keep the edition together

A folder for each publication. A place for each issue.

Keep stories and separate photos with the right issue. Return to your saved work on another device, then archive an issue when you finish.

Saved stories and photos stay for 30 days from their first save.

StoryExtract screenshot: the Town News publication with its issues in a folder tree, and the November 12 issue open with story and photo tiles

Check the details

The words and the photos, ready for your review.

Check the extracted paragraphs against your source. Clean spacing, join or split paragraphs, and give photos useful filenames, captions, and credits before download.

Check the output before publication. Paper Tools does not copyedit text or verify facts.

StoryExtract screenshot: a story open for review, with clean production text and tools to join paragraphs, split paragraphs and clean spacing

Keep the work moving

One issue. One download.

Download one story, the selected stories, or a complete saved issue as a ZIP. Text, named photos, captions, and credits travel together.

Background processing, when enabled, keeps large files running after you close the page. The processing queue is disabled on this installation.

StoryExtract screenshot: four stories selected in an issue, ready to download as one ZIP

Before you start

Limits at a glance

Read the format and storage details, including scanned PDFs, source checks, and retention rules.

StoryExtract file and account limits
ItemLimit
Word or PDF file25 MB per file
PDF length200 pages
Stories per account100 stories
Account storage500 MB
Saved content retention30 days from first save