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Source: http://www.cio.com/article/592620/5_Things_You_Didn_t_Know_You_Could_Do_With_Google_Apps?page=2&taxonomyId=3024
Turn PDFs into Editable Text.
If you've downloaded a PDF that you want to edit, or if you've scanned in a document that you want to convert to a Google Doc, use the Google Documents List API—a tool that uses optical character recognition to convert high-resolution image files with text into text that you can edit.
To do this, log into your Google account and visit this site. Select the file you want to convert from your computer and click "Start OCR import." Note that your file has to be fairly high resolution—10 pixel character height is recommended. The maximum file size is 10 MB.
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When your upload is complete, the document will load in Google Docs, where you can make changes to it. Depending on the quality of the document, some words may not translate. These will be highlighted in yellow and say "unrecognized text."
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