Hey,

My reading of the note at Grants.gov is that the forms are being
modified so they simply will not open in any other application than
Reader 8.1.1 - attempting to do so would generate an error message.

Am I misreading?

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Rick Smiley
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xxxxxx@ECU.EDU
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-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf Of Steven Etheredge
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:03 AM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov Adobe Solution

Rick,

You can set Adobe Reader 8.1.1 as the default application but it can get
complicated when other forms of Adobe, specifically Adobe Professional
are on the same machine.  This can particularly come into play when the
PI opens the Grants.gov package while at the same time s/he has Adobe
Professional open to create PDFs for upload as attachments.

I think Steve Shapiro's message yesterday was good in that it alerts us
to potential problems such as this.  We must figure out how to advise
our faculty so that we can avoid the tragic circumstance of a proposal
not making the deadline due to a conflict in Adobe applications on
his/her machine.  I am working now on a way to translate this
information in a useful way for our faculty and staff.

Thanks,
Steve

R. Steven Etheredge, CRA
Director, Pre-Award Services
Sponsored Awards Management
University of South Carolina
(803) 777-4457
(803) 777-4136 fax
xxxxxx@gwm.sc.edu

>>> xxxxxx@ECU.EDU 8:46 AM 1/30/2008 >>>
Hey, Isn't some of this concern about files opening in the wrong Adobe
application potentially addressed by this Grants.gov note -
http://grants.gov/aboutgrants/program_status_archive.jsp. If the files
can be made so they simply will not open in anything but Reader 8.1.1 *
the problem may be solved. East Carolina UniversityTomorrow Starts
Here.Rick Smiley
Grant & Contract Officer Office of Sponsored Programs
2200 Charles Boulevard, Rm 2906
Greenville, NC 27858-4363 xxxxxx@ECU.EDU
http://www.research2.ecu.edu/osp
AIM: ricksmiley tel:
fax: 252.328.9539
252.328.4363 Want to always have my latest info?Want a signature like
this?

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