Re: Converting files to PDF for fastlane submission
Susan B. Burke 07 Jun 2000 12:54 EST
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
> xxxxxx@mizar.usc.edu
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