Here's what we do
- Save the PDF to Google Drive.
- On your computer, open the file in the Google Drive cloud service in your browser.
- Right-click on the file and select "Open with > Google Docs".
- Wait a bit for Google to spur you on. But in a few seconds, you'll have an editable electronic document in Google Docs format.
- If the original had fairly complex formatting, you'll probably have to work a little on the appearance of the new file. But that's just a minor detail;).
This solution can be used with scanned PDFs or those created with a smartphone or tablet camera. And by the way, the same trick works with images.