I too have found that uploading the appendices in alphabetical order maintains the same order in commons.  I don't think it's a fluke. For example:

A. Publications
B. Instruments
C. Data Collection procedures....etc.

Michelle A. Lewis
Research Administrator
Weill Medical College, Cornell University
Department of Public Health
xxxxxx@med.cornell.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Schreiber, Hollie" <xxxxxx@OKSTATE.EDU>
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2007 4:23 pm
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] PureEdge appendices

> I have found (3-4 times) that if you upload them in alphabetical order
> (meaning they are in the same order in terms of when they were
> uploadedand in terms of name) that they remain in the same order
> in Commons.
> Whether that was a fluke or a reliable strategy, I don't know.
> However,I also advise all PIs to put a cover sheet on each
> appendix, giving the
> title and name, so that if they do end up in the wrong order, it is
> apparent to the reviewers which is Appendix A and which is B, etc.
>
> Hollie Schreiber
>
> Proposal Development Specialist
>
> College of Arts & Sciences
>
> 206 LSE
>
> Stillwater, OK  74078
>
> (405) 744-8458
>
> (405) 744-3285 fax
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Research Administration List [xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
> Behalf Of Charlie Hathaway
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 2:30 PM
> To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
> Subject: [RESADM-L] PureEdge appendices
>
> I have a PI who is having trouble attaching appendices to a PureEdge
> form
> and having them appear and numbered in the correct order on NIH
> Commons.
> At first, we thought it was a matter of alphabetical order
> according to
> pdf file name.  But that appears to not solve the problem.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Charlie Hathaway
>
>
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