How do we just make a PDF file text sensitive/readable?

My question: it is straightforward to convert a PDF to a Word document, but I just wish to make it OCR readable - also, formerly, this had the advantage of somewhat "cleaning" and straightening a skewed scan. How can I?

Hey! Thanks.  Just to add to this, I finally realized I had to upgrade "twice" all the way to "PRO" in order to have that feature. This is why I could not see it before. Having done so now, it is easy as you just click on the "A - in this file" icon. Works perfectly.
Regards as well!
JFR

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