Once that process is completed, click the Recognize Text option in toolbar again and click Correct recognized text to find scan errors and correct them (by filling in correct text and then clicking Accept button).

Click Recognize Text button, and Converting scanned page to Searchable Image process should begin.

File will open, then click the Recognize Text option in toolbar and click In This File.Click Select a file, find file and click open, then click Start button.Steps in process using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC: NOTE:Success in converting an image-scanned/non-OCR-ed PDF to OCR text depends on the quality of the original scan (e.g., if the background-to-text contrast is poor, it won't work). Off campus: GSU students, faculty, and staff can also download the Adobe Creative Cloud from the GSU Software Download page and then have Adobe Acrobat Pro DC at your disposal.On campus: The Library's CURVE computers have Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.If a PDF is image-scanned/non-OCR-ed, you *may* be able to use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to convert it to recognizable text and then be able to select and search the text. IASSIST Quarterly, 43(2), 1-16.Īnnual Presentation on the Logics and Logistics of Qualitative Research using NVivoĬonverting Image-Scanned PDFs to OCR/Text Searchable PDFs Bringing method to the madness: An example of integrating social science qualitative research methods into NVivo data analysis software training. Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh give annually on integrating methods into using NVivo:

Journal of Marriage and Family, 74(4), 678–687.Īnd this article describes the joint presentation Dr. Thinking about the nature and scope of qualitative research. Journal of Marriage and Family, 74(4), 643–659. Writing and reviewing manuscripts in the multidimensional world of qualitative research. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67(4), 837–857. Grounded theory methods and qualitative family research. Ralph LaRossa outline a methodological framework for creating theoretically-rich qualitative analysis: The below publications by GSU Emeritus Professor of Sociology Dr.

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