[bug locked] How do I edit a pdf file?

I have a paper document that I need to update once a year.  It is rather long.  I cannot find the word file used to create this document.  I have scanned this document at work but it is in pdf form so I currently cannot edit it.
Do I need to buy a certain add-in or program other than reader to be able to create a file that I can edit?  I relly do not want to have to re-type this entire document?

Hmmmm I would just make microsoft word documents (or if you don't have that, just use rich text documents or something), then, if you want to turn it into a PDF document, just do a google search for "convert word document into pdf format" and that should bring up a few websites that have an onine utility that will easily convert your text documents into PDF format. I have done this myself more than once and it works great! The only downfall is that  you can't edit the PDF documents once you have created them, so be sure to keep your text documents, which you can edit whenever you need to, then just turn them into PDF again.
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