Hey @Rick_4,
Okay, extracting text from the PDF works as expected.
Unfortunately @CJK's AppleScriptObjC method produces garbled text that's really hard to work with, but fortunately there's a tool available with a switch that maintains the original document layout as much as possible.
Download the 64-bit Xpdf tools from here:
DO NOT TRY TO USE THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE “INSTALL” FILE OF THE ARCHIVE.
Install the items from the bin64 folder in the archive to this folder:
/usr/local/bin/
In a Finder window ⌘⇧G will open a field for you to paste the path and go there.
Install the items from the doc folder of the archive to:
/usr/local/share/man/man1/
Create the folders if you have to.
Once you've accomplished this we'll move forward.
-Chris