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.

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.

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.

If you want to extract highlighted text from PDF file as a plain text file, then this post covers some good free PDF Highlight Extractor software to do that.

Learn how to convert an image into editable text using Microsoft Word. Follow this step-by-step guide to easily extract text from images for editing.

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