Saved in PDF change to OCR?

Having saved a paper in PDF is it possible to change the format to OCR
or does the paper have to be scanned again in OCR?

Yeah. It's a bit spendy but it does a lot more than just OCR.
If you don't need any of the rest of the fluff, you can try Abbyy FineReader. It's a dedicated OCR application and in most peoples opinion does a better job at it than Acrobat.
http://www.abbyy.com/
Only $99 here in the states (they also offer a free trial period). It may differ depending on where you are located.

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