Remove Identifying Details

Remove Identifying Details in Adobe Acrobat — with two ready prompts: the immediate one, and the one that makes it stick. 1 real situation leads here.

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Redact respondents’ names and identifying details from interview transcripts before releasing a dataset.

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Execute — do the immediate task

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Redact [items=respondents' names and direct identifiers] from the [document=interview transcripts…
Redact [items=respondents' names and direct identifiers] from the [document=interview transcripts PDF], confirm redactions are permanent, and save a clean file for release to the repository.

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Permanently redact identifying [details]: search [documents=transcripts] for respondent names,…
Permanently redact identifying [details]: search [documents=transcripts] for respondent names, addresses, employer names, and unique phrases; remove and burn those instances, replace with [codes=respondent codes], run a review pass for missed identifiers, and save the redacted file ready for public release.

Who does this, and with what

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Political ScientistAdobe Acrobat ProNVivoalso: Redact Interview Transcriptsalso: Prepare Deidentified Dataset

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