До сих пор приходилось "распознавать" PDF с помощью FineReader 6-7, а теперь есть Solid PDF to Word converter. Заявлена работа с русским языком.
http://www.solidpdf.com/pdf_features.htm
PDF to Word Converter
Solid Converter PDF v2 Features
Integrated with Microsoft® Applications
Solid Converter PDF is integrated with Microsoft.
* You do NOT need Adobe® Acrobat® or Reader® to use our converter!
* Solid Converter PDF can be used as a standalone converter tool or as a plugin for Microsoft Word® and Adobe® Acrobat® (not Reader)
* Solid Converter PDF is also available through Explorer's right click local menu
* A command line interface is available for batch processing
Main Features
* Recovers vector and bitmap images
* Converts the entire PDF file at once, or, you can choose specific pages to be recovered
* Matches PDF fonts with Microsoft Windows® installed fonts
* Re-flows content from column to column, and page to page
* Replicates the PDF page layout including tables or forms with Exact page layout mode
* Retains Fonts and Paragraphs
* Allows user to choose a Plain Text option that drops layout and character level formatting to simplify the recovery of content and text flow recovery
* Allows user to extract all images, bitmap and vector, from a PDF file
* Converts vector graphics to embedded, editable vector objects
* Create PDF files from Microsoft Word
* Supports 15 languages and counting...
Chinese Simplified French Norwegian
Chinese Traditional German Portuguese
Danish Italian Russian
Dutch Japanese Spanish
English Korean Swedish



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