Use Free Gmail Account to Convert PDF to Editable Text

Let's say you are on the road away from your speedy scanner and OCR software, but you need to incorporate the text of a PDF document in to a Word file.  Simply email the PDF as an attachment to your free Gmail account.  Browse to the message in Gmail's Web interface, then choose the option to view the attachment as HTML.  You can then copy and paste the text, including formatting, into a Word  document.