Pdf to word editting

once a pdf has been converted to a word document, can you edit the text? I don't seem to be able to. the original pdf is in the word doc but looks like a photo of it and not an editable set of words ?

Sounds like the PDF held a scanner's output image. Such images are just that; a "picture" of text and not the text itself.
Perhaps using Acrobat's OCR capability on the PDF followed by the export to Word will help.
Remember that whenever the source is a scanned image and the export is of the OCR output you are starting with a pig's ear.
Don't expect to get a silk purse.
Expect to do cleanup on the Word file.
Be well...

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Hi Sara!
Yes this sounds interesting. Can I update to that from the PDF Export I have just renewed? How much would that cost?
Thanks for your quick answer.
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