Change a PDF or Image into an Editable Google Doc

Need to copy and paste or edit text in a pdf or image? You can use OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to open the pdf or image as an editable Google Doc.

In the file browser area, right click (control click), and choose Open with > Google Docs

OCR is far from perfect. When processing the document, OCR attempts to preserve basic text formatting such as bold and italic text, font size and type, and line breaks. However, detecting these elements is difficult and it may not always succeed. Other text formatting and structuring elements such as bulleted and numbered lists, tables, text columns, and footnotes or endnotes are likely to get lost. Click here to learn more about OCR.