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DesertRat

(27,995 posts) Wed Apr 17, 2019, 08:09 PM Apr 2019

The control-F search you should do on the Mueller report

By Elie Honig

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report is nearly 400 pages long. Strategies abound for how best to read the report. Here's my suggested first move: use the "find" function. Hit control-F and plug in these five keywords to get a quick sense of how Mueller addresses the most pressing -- and mysterious -- issues raised during his investigation.

Collusion
Dirt
Junior
McGahn
Defer

Much more at the link:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/16/opinions/mueller-report-five-key-words-honig/index.html

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The control-F search you should do on the Mueller report (Original Post) DesertRat Apr 2019 OP

All words redacted. itsrobert Apr 2019 #1

Redacted copies are searchable? Generic Brad Apr 2019 #2

I couldn't post the entire article DesertRat Apr 2019 #4

Conspiracy uponit7771 Apr 2019 #3

I figure it will be scanned as an image TexasProgresive Apr 2019 #5

ah, you're probably right DesertRat Apr 2019 #6

Turns out I was. I clicked on the link to the pdf and it was taking too long to load for text TexasProgresive Apr 2019 #7

There is a way to do it DesertRat Apr 2019 #8

As a MAC user that is pricey. There are a lot of cheap or free OCR apps for PC. TexasProgresive Apr 2019 #9

itsrobert

(14,157 posts)

1. All words redacted.

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 08:16 PM

Apr 2019

n/t

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)

2. Redacted copies are searchable?

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 08:41 PM

Apr 2019

If they are, the entire report could be pieced together in short order. I seriously doubt it could be that easy.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

4. I couldn't post the entire article

Reply to Generic Brad (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 08:44 PM

Apr 2019

But it's worth the read for the nuanced explanations of the legal theories we'll probably see in the report.

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)

3. Conspiracy

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 08:42 PM

Apr 2019

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)

5. I figure it will be scanned as an image

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 09:00 PM

Apr 2019

To make searching impossible. Just the kind of trick the rPukes like.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

6. ah, you're probably right

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 09:02 PM

Apr 2019

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)

7. Turns out I was. I clicked on the link to the pdf and it was taking too long to load for text

Reply to DesertRat (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 07:54 AM

Apr 2019

All images and can't be searched with the tools I have available.
www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

8. There is a way to do it

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 09:49 AM

Apr 2019

One of my techie relatives told me you have to convert the pdf to OCR. He said it's not too difficult to do. But I'm going to leave that to others.

https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/how-to/ocr-software-convert-pdf-to-text.html

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)

9. As a MAC user that is pricey. There are a lot of cheap or free OCR apps for PC.

Reply to DesertRat (Reply #8)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 10:55 AM

Apr 2019

I've yet to find one for MAC. The ones I used in the past on PCs do tend to have problems with formatting and make errors. With this clear text image the errors might not be as much a problem. This was the usual case in using OCR on scanned older books and documents. Maybe someone will pubish the text form online.

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