The phrase "in paper version" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a physical, printed version of something that is also available in a digital or online format. For example: - The journal is available in both online and in paper versions. - I prefer reading books in paper version rather than on a screen. - The report is only available in paper version and cannot be downloaded.
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Seventeen journals in publication after 2007 were published in paper version only, and 11 journals were also available online.
Seventeen journals (61%) were published in paper version only, while nine journals were published online in addition to paper publication.
The questionnaires which are returned in paper version (from participants without internet connection) will be inserted in the software by an independent blinded rater.
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Collection of patient-reported outcomes will mainly be based on online versions of the questionnaires, but questionnaires administered at the preparation day and at discharge will be in paper versions (Table 2).
When the Survey is administered through computer there is the ability to disable these questions if young people were not in education or employment, but this could affect questionnaire acceptability in paper versions.
These have been evaluated as risk assessment tools (RATs) in paper versions 25 and are currently undergoing evaluation as computerised decision support tools embedded in the electronic medical records of English general practices.
"Whither goes thou, America," he writes, here as in the paper version, "in thy shiny car in the night?" I'm not sold on these kinds of add-ons, lovely as they are.
The six faces were reproduced in the same size in a paper version and in an electronic version on a personal digital assistant (PDA), a PalmOne Zire™, as shown in Figure 1.
The app seems promising, but for now I would probably still save important receipts in their paper version — maybe in my trusty shoebox.
To his astonishment, he found that every form of the word "kindle" in the paper version had been replaced with a variation of "nook" in the digital copy.
The headline in the paper version claimed that 70% of free schools are "empty".
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