# Use the pdf2sr Reader

The `pdf2sr` reader is an alternative that can be used instead of `pdfsr` for filtering PDF files. It uses a different parsing technology and may yield better results for some files.

The `pdf2sr` reader has the following features:

- supports standard and custom metadata (non-XMP)
- supports basic text extraction
- supports password protected PDFs
- supports table detection (see Table Detection for PDF Files)

The `pdf2sr` reader has the following limitations:

- does not support logical order
- does not support bidi PDFs
- does not extract subfiles
- does not extract bookmarks from PDFs
- does not give estimations on percent embedded fonts match with display glyphs
- does not support XMP metadata
- does not support headers or footers
- supports annotations only in the raster output, not as searchable text
- does not support content access stream
- does not support tagged content (PDFs)
- does not filter text from XFA-based PDF forms
- does not report document restrictions (see Document Restrictions)

To use the pdf2sr reader

1. Open the `formats.ini` file with a text editor.

2. In the `[Formats]` section, set the following:

       200=pdf2

_FT_HTML5_bannerTitle.htm