Is it a Mac software for optical recognition of characters in a PDF file?

After that I scan a document and save it as a PDF in preview, I want to change it. I'm looking for software, compatible with OS X.11.4, that would allow me to use the optical recognition of characters (OCR) to convert the PDF file into a word processing document.

There are many options that claims to do what you need.  From personal experience, it's almost a function of the PDF itself, not all PDF files are the same when you open them in apps claiming to edit PDFS and convert them into editable documents.  Bottom line: be prepared to be frustrated at times.

You could look at ReadIris. They allow you to download a demo of the product. They have been long Affairs.

http://www.IRISLink.com/C2-1301-189/Readiris-15-for-Mac---OCR-software.aspx

Also PDFPenPro

https://smilesoftware.com/PDFpenPro

They also have a demo

https://www.Wondershare.com/Mac-PDF-Editor/

A demo is available

Note, I have all the products and have no financial interest in them.

On the Apple App store, you can search the OCR and see what happens. Don't forget to look at all the comments and sort them by more critical if possible and act accordingly.

And don't forget Adobe. They have the demo, too

https://Acrobat.Adobe.com/Mena/en/how-to/PDF-Editor-PDF-files.html

Sometimes, if you want just the content (not pretty ness), you can simply enter the PDF text, paste into a good text editor and clean.

Text editors include free Text Wrangler of BBEdit

http://www.barebones.com/products/TextWrangler/

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