Re: Converting files to PDF for fastlane submission Joe Titone 07 Jun 2000 13:10 EST
Per your request:

It's attached.  Note that it is a WordPerfect document which you can open
from within Word but probably not from your email reader.  The procedure
will definitely create a document acceptable to NSF.  We use it whenever
scanned signatures are required.  The actual procedure for doing the upload
seems to vary from administrator to administrator.  Please call if you need
help.

At 01:54 PM 6/7/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>joe...can you put it as an attachment to the list serve?  i think there are
>many who might find it useful.  thanks,
>susan
>
>Joe Titone wrote:
>
>> I have a written procedure for how to do this successfully with v4.0.  If
>> you wish, I'll send it to you as an attachment, but you may have to modify
>> it slightly depending on your operating system and scanner.  We had
>> problems too until NSF provided a Fastlane profile for Distiller 4.0 that
>> allows output in 3.0 mode.
>>
>> At 11:46 Am 6/7/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >Here at the College of New Jersey we ran into a real problem converting
>> >files to PDF in preparation for NSF Fastlane submission.  We used the
>> >Adobe Acrobat Distiller 4.0 to do the conversions, then we view the
>> >whole proposal and saw that not all the parts were readable as Fastlane
>> >warns.  We then went to the Hints page and followed their step by step
>> >instructions but the results were the same.  When viewing and printing
>> >the whole proposal, we again had distortion and unreadable text.  Can
>> >anyone give us hints as to what went wrong! You can respond to me
>> >directly or to the list.  Thanks.
>> >
>> >Vilja Casey (xxxxxx@tcnj.edu)
>> >Program Assistant
>> >Grants and Sponsored Research
>> >The College of New Jersey
>> >
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>> Joe Titone
>> Dept. of Contracts and Grants
>> Univ. of Southern California
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Joe Titone
Dept. of Contracts and Grants
Univ. of Southern California
xxxxxx@mizar.usc.edu
213 740-6069