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title: "Action: Optical Text Extraction"
description: "## Configuration options when Action is OpticalText Extraction If the selected action is **OpticalText Extraction**, the following configuration sections are available: - [Filename Wildcards](https://extensionkit.unitfly.com/documentation/document-processing-action-convert-to-pdf-or-undo-pdf-conversion/#filenamewildcards) - [OpticalText Extraction](https://extensionkit.unitfly.com/documentation/document-processing-action-optical-text-extraction-2/#opticaltextextraction) ### OpticalTextExtraction *State Actions > State Action [1] > Action: OpticalTextExtraction> Configuration > OpticalTextExtraction*…"
url: "https://extensionkit.unitfly.com/documentation/document-processing-action-optical-text-extraction-2/"
updated: "2026-09-28"
category: Configurations / Document Processing / Simple Rule Configuration
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# Action: Optical Text Extraction

## Configuration options when Action is OpticalText Extraction

If the selected action is **OpticalText Extraction**, the following configuration sections are available:

- [Filename Wildcards](https://extensionkit.unitfly.com/documentation/document-processing-action-convert-to-pdf-or-undo-pdf-conversion/#filenamewildcards)
- [OpticalText Extraction](https://extensionkit.unitfly.com/documentation/document-processing-action-optical-text-extraction-2/#opticaltextextraction)

### OpticalTextExtraction

*State Actions > State Action [1] > Action: OpticalTextExtraction> Configuration > OpticalTextExtraction*

Within this section, the following fields are available by default: **Extraction text location type, Location on page, Extract from pages, Property.**

#### Extraction text location type

*State Actions > State Action [1] > Action: OpticalTextExtraction> Configuration > OpticalTextExtraction > Extraction text location type*

Defines the method for locating the extraction area on the page.

- **Location**(default): Choose Location for coordinate-based extraction. The **Location on page** and **Extract from pages** fields are available for further configuration.
- **AnchorText**: Choose AnchorText to extract text to the right of a defined anchor text. The**Anchor text** field opens up.