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Unfortunately there is no option in Office 2010 which would help in converting PDF files to Office editable documents.

For more information, refer to the section ‘Convert a PDF file into the Word file format’ and check if it helps:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/convert-documents-between-pdf-and-word-HA001168333.aspx

The general name of what you want to do is "OCR" or "Optical Character Recognition".

Are you doing the scanning, or is someone else?

Office 2010 has basic OCR functionality built into OneNote

OCR - Optical Character Recognition

One of the key features I look for when testing an OCR tool is how it handles text location. Some are overly “OCD” when it comes to line positioning so they put every line in a text box. That makes editing the text in a paragraph impossible. When I see that “feature” I automatically uninstall that trial.

How to Scan a Document into Word 2010 - <ALT><i><p><s>

<ALT><i><p><s> is the menu based shortcut for Insert menu / Picture command / From Scanner or Camera command. It does not map directly to the Ribbon. The scan command is no longer available on the ribbon. You can add it to the QAT.

OCR anything with OneNote 2007 and 2010

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14595/ocr-anything-with-onenote-2007-and-2010/

PDF to OneNote

If you can’t import the PDF into OneNote, you can use the OneNote printer driver to “Print to OneNote”.

XPS2OneNote - Print to OneNote 2007 on 64 bit Vista or Windows 7 OS

https://xps2onenote.codeplex.com/

Using MODI in Office 2010

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/91749.aspx

OCR- FreeOCR

Take a look at this article about a free open source OCR tool call FreeOCR V3: http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips-pr.php/7225

I've only played with it for a few minutes, but for the most part I like what it does.

It is a fairly simple OCR program compared to many. It extracts text. It doesn't worry about formatting or graphics, just extracts text only. 1 page at a time. It works better if you select blocks around graphics.

It is slow, but accurate when you keep it away from graphical elements.

OCR - LibreOffice - Import PDFs with ease

In previous iterations of OpenOffice, the PDF import was a kludge at best. Although LibreOffice handles the importing of PDFs the same way (imports them as LibreOffice Draw documents), the results are far better. Once you have imported your PDF (you do so by using the Open dialog), you can edit text, images, and layouts by clicking and dragging (for images/layout) or double-clicking a line of text to edit. (You can edit only a single line of text at a time.) When you finish editing your PDF, don’t save the document — instead, export it as a PDF by clicking File | Export as PDF.

Extract Text from Images: 10 OCR Tools Compared (see the comments)

http://www.howtogeek.com/96712/extract-text-from-images-10-ocr-tool-compared/

How to extract text from images: a comparison of 10 free OCR tools

http://www.freewaregenius.com/2011/11/01/how-to-extract-text-from-images-a-comparison-of-free-ocr-tools/

iOrgSoft PDF Converter

http://www.convertapdftoword.com/

Trial limited to 5 pages. Tried 7 pdfs. 1 failed to open, 1 wasn’t very good, the other 5 were reasonable.  Each line is treated as a paragraph

Recosoft PDF2Office Personal - 5 use / 5 page limited “Free” trial.

http://www.recosoft.com/pdf-converter.htm

Convert PDF to Word. Other packages on site include Excel and PowerPoint converters too.

Has 4 modes: Flowing Text, Retain Layout, Text Only, Images only.  5 use / 5 page limited “Free” trial.

Refused to read first 5 PDF’s I tried, 65451 file format error.

The 5 files I tried had mixed results. I tried Text flow and Text only. One of text flow trials had a lot of embedded graphics. Program had a problem placing them correctly in the text. Text extraction was generally done well enough. Some strange, additional, paragraph breaks were inserted.

Worth considering.

Boxoft PDF to Word

http://www.boxoft.com/pdf-to-word/

Boxoft PDF to Word is a is a 100% freeware to convert Adobe PDF documents to Microsoft Word files. By using the efficient software, you can batch convert portable PDFs to editable Word files with preserving the original formatting: text, images, column and row layout. The program also provides Hot Directory Mode help to convert PDF files written in some folder to DOC format automatically. Most of all, this program is freeware, you can use this converter either for commercial or personal purposes as you will.

FREE PDF to WORD CONVERTER

http://www.hellopdf.com/

Free PDF to Word Doc Converter is such a desktop document conversion tool to convert Adobe PDF file to Microsoft Word Doc file - and it's totally for FREE!

The program can extract text, images, shapes from PDF file to Word Doc file and preserve the layout. It can convert all the pages, or any pages range of the PDF file.

And it is a standalone program - you can convert PDF to Word Doc without Adobe Acrobat Reader or Microsoft Word installed!

Solid Converter PDF (to Word)

http://www.techrepublic.com/software/solid-converter-pdf-71-build-934-windows/3807121

Use our easy Conversion Wizard to walk through the process step-by-step, or quickly convert PDFs to DOC or RTF files with a few clicks. You can download and try out Solid Converter for a free 15-day trial. Solid Converter PDF is ideal for anyone who needs to edit and reuse content from a PDF file.

Soft Solutions Image to OCR Converter

http://products.softsolutionslimited.com/img2ocr/index.htm

Convert PDF to HTML

Many PDF to DOC converters use text boxes to control exact placement of lines on page. Conversion to HTML does not require that exact control of line placement.

• Each line separate: Some PDF to HTML.
• Paragraph maintained: PDF Online
• break each PDF page into a separate HTML page:(Some PDF to HTML
• create single HTML document for whole PDF: PDF Online

Scanning Image into Word 2007/2010

http://www.gmayor.com/scan_into_word_2007.htm

A Few Scanning Tips

http://www.scantips.com/