Open Microsoft Word from the Start menu or a shortcut on your desktop. Select a new, blank document from the template list. Open the PDF file that you want to convert in Adobe Reader.

Microsoft Edge provides a feature to highlight text in PDF and save highlighted PDF to your PC. This post shows you how to to highlight and save PDF using Edge.

Open the PDF in Microsoft Word: You can open a PDF directly in Microsoft Word, which will convert the PDF into an editable Word document. This allows you to copy and paste text easily.

As Microsoft explains, you can open a scanned PDF in Word easily on versions after Word 2010. First, use your scanner and save the document as a PDF in a location you'll be able to find easily.

I cannot tell you how many times I've received a PDF document with the expectation that I'm going to either use the text to create something new or to edit the copy. That's all fine and good when ...

OCRmyPDF is a free command line tool for adding searchable and copyable text to any PDF file.