Electronic Submission of Your Dissertation

• Don't try to convert your only copy of your Word document.  Save the original file somewhere.
• These instructions assume that you are using Adobe Acrobat version 6, which is available on the computers in the OARDC Library.  Version 6 converts documents by PDFMaker which uses Acrobat Distiller.  The Graduate School will not accept PDF documents that were created using PDFWriter.

Open your document in Word
Choose Adobe PDF from main toolbar
Select Change Conversion Settings
Select OSU_ETD from pull down menu
Select Convert to Adobe PDF (either from icon or drop down menu)

• Proceed with submission process http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/submit2/

OSU Graduate School tutorial on PDF.

Conversion settings for OSU_ETD are specified in "Making a Reliable PDF (Portable Document Format) Document from your Dissertation; Windows version"  OSU Graduate School, May 2001

Refer to the OSU Graduate School website  for other university requirements related to your graduation process.

C Britton
britton.4@osu.edu
09/20/2007