Converting your Document to PDF

Before beginning this process, make sure to look at the checklist located at the end of the Thesis/Dissertation Handbook.

Required formats in your PDF include:

• Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF):  PDF files should have all fonts embedded and may not disable printing or text access. PDF files being uploaded to OhioLINK must be unlocked (no security options selected).
• For videos in your PDF: Adobe recommends any multimedia that is H.264 compliant (MPEG-4).  This is a video compression standard, which provides high-quality video at relatively smaller file sizes. AVI, MP4, or MOV files are all H.264 compliant. 
  
• For high-resolution images: TIFF, or JPEG and for lower-resolution images, PNG.

After converting your manuscript to PDF, you will need to:

For your convenience here are some instructions and videos for all of the Acrobat Professional requirements.

• Instructions for Adobe Pro DC - Written instructions with screen shots
  
• Combine Files, Document Properties and Organize Pages - Video
• Bookmarks, Editing a Document and Embedding the Fonts - Video
• Check Accessibility and Accessible Figures -Video
• Acccessible Tables, Headings and LaTeX Issues - Video

The computer labs on campus have this software available for you to use.  You may download a one week free trial . To purchase this product, please use the same link and choose Acrobat Pro which cost $19.99 per month.  If you wait until closer to the deadline, you will find it will take us over a week to check your document due to the number of submissions so please understand that purchasing the product may be necessary.