Hi thanks for your reply. I am new to cam::pdf. In general I understand what you mean but I dont know how I should get the BT .. ET code you posted. I also dont see how you get the word "Employee" out of that. Can you provide a small perl script reading a pdf file and getting the text with its format? I hope I dont ask to much but for now I dont know how to start. I also didnt find a good tutorial yet. I uploaded an example file here http://pdfcast.org/download/cam-pdf-example-pdf.pdf Thanks for your help!