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title: "document_read"
description: "Reads the text of a PDF, Word, PowerPoint or Excel file page by page, server-side, from `fromPage` (default 1) up to `limit` pages (default 20, maximum 50) and 23,000 characters of text; `nextPage` continues."
---

| Tool | Kind | Purpose |
| :-- | :-- | :-- |
| `document_read` | read | Reads the text of a PDF, Word, PowerPoint or Excel file page by page, server-side, from `fromPage` (default 1) up to `limit` pages (default 20, maximum 50) and 23,000 characters of text; `nextPage` continues. Page numbers are the ones `document_search` cites. |