Automate SaveAs in Reader?

Using Adobe Reader 9 on Windows 7 ... is it possible to automate the SaveAsText function in the same way you can "automate" things in Adobe Photoshop?  I don't see the Automate function listed under Reader's File menu, and I can't find anything via Google ... so I am guessing the answer is NO.  But I have hundreds of files that I need to "save as" and I would like to do it "the easy way!"  I simply need to open each file, choose the Save As (accessible) Text option, hit <ok>, Close the PDF File, then repeat the same steps with the next file in the directory.  I don't even need to change the file names ...
If Reader cannot do this any other creative / easy / free (or maybe just "cheap") ideas are welcome. 
Thanks!

No, you cannot automate Reader to do this. There are many programs that can convert PDF to text, some free. Just do a search.

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