Good Morning - The good news is that except for a very few old printers (make that OLD) printers, iPDF will take care of your problems if you prepare the forms properly. About the only thing it won't handle is printers that can't meet the margin specifications (e.g., some of the ink jet printers can't handle margins of less than 0.33" and many federal forms have 0.25" margins). I am being swamped with requests so will get the instructions up on our website as quickly as possible. I'll send a note to the List when they are up there. You sounded so hasseled by the idea of sending out IS (to say nothing of the expense) that I thought I would go ahead an drop you a note to say that iPDF will take care of many of your problems. Rosemary At 08:03 AM 4/7/1999 -0500, you wrote: >I've been working on a similar project for a couple of months off and on >now. I'd certainly be interested in your handouts. Perhaps that'll be the >oomph I need to get finished. I'm using a combination of Word and Excel for >both the 5/95 and 4/98 forms, but I have inconsistent printing in different >departments. I'm hoping iPDF resolves this issue. Otherwise, I may have to >request IS to go throughout the hospital and standardize hardware settings >on printers. Thanks for your work and your willingness to share...Bill > >Bill Caskey, PhD >Director, Research & Grants Administration >Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics >2401 Gillham Road >Kansas City, MO 64108 > >Voice: (816) 234-3879 >FAX: 816) 855-1982 >E-mail: xxxxxx@cmh.edu > >This communication is intended only for the use of the addressee. It may >contain information which is privileged or confidential under applicable >law. If you are not the intended recipient or the agent of the recipient, >you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copy or disclosure of this >communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this >communication in error, please immediately notify Children's Mercy Hospitals >& Clinics at (816)234-3879 or via return Internet electronic mail at >xxxxxx@cmh.edu and expunge this communication without making any copies. >Thank you for your cooperation. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rosemary Ruff [mailto:xxxxxx@MAIL.AUBURN.EDU] >Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 7:04 PM >To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org >Subject: Re: iPDF version of PHS 398 available on TRAM > > >Melissa - > >Your message was the first of many so I am answering via the list. The >answer is "Yes" you can change the default information using Exchange. >However, I suggest that you change it via the form field options rather >than simply typing in your own and saving it. (My default info will >always be lurking in the background unless you change the fields.) The >regular Exchange package does not give you all of the form field types >that I used. In order to have all of the options, you will need to pick >up a couple of plug-ins from the Adobe web site. If you want this >information, and instructions for installing, please contact me personally >rather than using the list. Its not difficult but the explanation is >lengthy and not everyone will be interested. > >If there is enough interest, I can post my handouts from the ERA workshop >on creating electronic forms. > >Rosemary > >On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Melissa Brock wrote: > >> Rosemary, these forms are wonderful. You guys did a good job. I intend to >> link your site to ours ASAP! The budgets do calculate for me so I know we >> have Acrobat Exchange. Will the Acrobat Exchange allow me to replace the >> Auburn institutional data with UGA data and save? Our computer person was >> not sure and is going to have to research. Thanks in advance for your >> time. Melissa Brock, Grants Officer, Sponsored Programs, University of >> Georgia >> >> >> >> On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Rosemary Ruff wrote: >> >> > Jean, et al. - >> > >> > Interactive PDF's are also available for NSF, DOE, USDA (NRI), and SF424 >> > suite on our web site. The URL is: >> > http://www.auburn.edu/research/vpr/contracts/forms/internal.html. For >> > those who have Acrobat Exchange, budgets have calculating fields. >USDOEd >> > and ONR are scheduled to go up next week sometime. >> > >> > Rosemary >> > >> > >> > At 09:58 AM 4/6/1999 -0700, you wrote: >> > >FYI -- TRAM has moved to Arizona State University East. It was moved >"as >> > >is" - no changes other than updates. The new URL = >> > >http://tram.east.asu.edu/ <http://tram.east.asu.edu/> >> > > >> > >For those of you working towards NIH deadlines - the new 4/98 versions >of >> > >398 and 2590 are available in Word and Excel. In addition, an iPDF >version >> > >of 398 is also available. This is PDF, but interactive; i.e., you can >> > >insert data on-line. All you need to use it is Adobe Reader (free from >> > >Adobe - http://www.adobe.com <http://www.adobe.com> ). There are no >"mac" or >> > >"pc" versions - everyone uses the same one. It comes complete with >> > >instructions, and it's really neat! >> > > >> > >The new TRAM Team, 3 folks from ASU East, UCLA and U. >Missouri-Columbia, >> > >will try to serve you as admirably as Rice has. So, if you think of >> > >anything they can do to improve TRAM to serve you better, please let >them >> > >know. (xxxxxx@asu.edu <mailto:xxxxxx@asu.edu> ) >> > > >> > >The TRAM Team. >> > > >> > > >> > >Jean Humphries, Director >> > >ASU East - Research & Sponsored Projects >> > >7001 E. Williams Field Road, Bldg. 20 >> > >Mesa, AZ USA 85212 >> > > >> > >NOTE area code change, effective April 1, 1999 >> > >voice 480-727-1086 >> > >fax 480-727-1001 >> > > >> > >email - xxxxxx@asu.edu <mailto:xxxxxx@asu.edu> >> > >Web - http://research.east.asu.edu/ <http://research.east.asu.edu/> >> > > >> > > >> > >====================================================================== >> > > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >> > > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >> > > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >> > >====================================================================== >> > > >> > > >> > >____________________________________________________________________________ >_ >> > >**************************************************************************** >* >> > Rosemary H. Ruff VOICE: 334-844-4438 >> > Assistant Director FAX: 334-844-5953 >> > Contracts & Grants Administration EMAIL: xxxxxx@mail.auburn.edu >> > 310 Samford Hall Auburn, AL 36849-5131 >> > Trains stop at train stations. Busses stop at bus stations. On my desk >I >> > have a workstation... >> > >> > >> > ====================================================================== >> > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >> > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >> > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >> > ====================================================================== >> > >> >> >> ====================================================================== >> Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >> subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >> via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >> ====================================================================== >> > >____________________________________________________________________________ >**************************************************************************** >* >Rosemary H. Ruff VOICE: 334-844-4438 >Assistant Director FAX: 334-844-5953 >Contracts & Grants Administration EMAIL: xxxxxx@mail.auburn.edu >310 Samford Hall Auburn, AL 36849-5131 >Trains stop at train stations. Busses stop at bus stations. On my desk I >have a workstation... > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== > > _____________________________________________________________________________ ***************************************************************************** Rosemary H. Ruff VOICE: 334-844-4438 Assistant Director FAX: 334-844-5953 Contracts & Grants Administration EMAIL: xxxxxx@mail.auburn.edu 310 Samford Hall Auburn, AL 36849-5131 Trains stop at train stations. Busses stop at bus stations. On my desk I have a workstation... ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================
