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Upload the PDF file to Google Drive. There are a couple of different ways you can do this using the Google Drive website:
- Click and drag PDF files into the browser window to upload them to Drive immediately.
- Click the "NEW" button and select "File upload." You can then browse your computer for PDF files to upload.
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Right-click on the uploaded file. Once the file has finished uploading, right-click it in the Drive window.
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Select "Open With" → "Google Docs." A new tab will open, and Google Docs will begin processing the file. This processing time can take a fair amount of time, especially for larger PDF files.[2]
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Edit your new Google Doc file. Your new Google Doc will open with all of the text that Drive was able to extract from the PDF. You may notice some garbled characters and errors, especially if the original file used a hard-to-read font.