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Scanning is the right solution. There are two approaches:

• OCR scan — extracts the text, which gets included in the full-text search index. Requires some proofreading and reformatting.
• Image scan — produces a visual copy of the page. No proofreading needed, but full text is not searchable. Image scans can also produce large files, so balance quality against file size in your scanning settings.

Word processors and PDFs use special typographic characters that don't survive plain-text conversion. Always proofread pasted abstracts and make these substitutions:

• Replace "smart" or curly quotes with straight quotes
• Replace ellipses with three periods (...)
• Replace em- and en-dashes with hyphens

PDFs can also drop ligatures — for example, "difficult" may become "di cult" due to how ff, fl, and fi are encoded.

For bold and italic, you may use HTML tags. Select the HTML option on the submission form if you do. Recognized tags: <p>, <br>, <b>, <i>, <strong>, <emphasis>.

Standard ASCII characters (A–Z, 0–9, common punctuation) work fine. For diacritical marks, use these keyboard shortcuts:

Windows — hold Alt and type the four-digit code on the numeric keypad (Num Lock on):

Mac — press Option + the key below, then type the letter:

1. From your My Account page, click Submission Management.
2. In the pending list, click the article title. (For published submissions, click Published Submissions first.)
3. Click Revise submission in the sidebar.
4. Update only the fields you need to change, then click Submit.
5. For pending submissions, continue with publication steps as needed. For published submissions, click Update to push changes live.

1. From your My Account page, click Submission Management.
2. In the pending list, click the article title.
3. Click Publish in the sidebar.
4. Select the desired location and click Continue.
5. Assign a number or label — this cannot be changed later — and click Publish.
6. Follow the on-screen prompts to update the site so the article is visible to readers.

Combine all sections into a single Word or PDF file and submit that. In Acrobat, use Document > Insert Pages to merge PDFs.

If the combined file is very large, submit it as the main document and upload the individual chapters as Associated Files — they'll appear alongside the full download on the article page.

Yes — the system calls these Associated Files. After submitting the article, the confirmation screen offers an option to upload them. You can upload multiple files and add a short description for each.

Note: viewers need their own software to open the files. Also confirm you have permissions for any third-party material, especially images, before posting.

It depends on the journal's author agreement. If posting wouldn't violate copyright, you're welcome to do so. Check the agreement to confirm.

Many journals allow working papers to remain posted, particularly if substantial revisions were made before publication. Check the author agreement to confirm.

If it can stay up, add a citation to the published article in the Comments field:

1. From My Account, click Submission Management.
2. Switch to the Posted Submissions view.
3. Click the paper title, then Revise submission.
4. Scroll to the Comments section, add the citation, and click Submit.
5. Click Update to make the change visible to readers.

If the full text needs to come down, click Remove submission in the sidebar and confirm.