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Creating and Enhancing Your Electronic Thesis or Dissertation

If you have finished with your thesis or dissertation, it is now time to convert it to PDF format and submit it electronically. The following is a list of step-by-step instructions for converting your document to PDF and uploading it to OhioLINK for web access. The PDF documents (icons look like ) have screenshots and instructions for the process.

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You will begin the electronic submission process by converting your Word document to PDF. The link below will give you a detailed instruction guide, including screen shots. Acrobat Acrobat 7 - Windows Converting Your Word Document to PDF using Acrobat 7.0 Acrobat Distiller 6 - Windows Converting Your Word Document to PDF using Acrobat Distiller 6.0 Acrobat 6 Quick Convert - Windows Converting Your Word Document to PDF using Acrobat 6.0, quick convert Acrobat Distiller 6 - Mac OS X Converting Your Word Document to PDF using Acrobat Distiller 6.0 Acrobat Distiller 5 - Windows Converting Your Word Document to PDF using Acrobat Distiller 5.0 Acrobat Distiller 4 - Windows Converting Your Word Document to PDF using Acrobat Distiller 4.0 Converting Your WordPerfect Document to PDF

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After converting your document to PDF you may want to add bookmarks, links, audio, video, or other enhancements to your document. The links below provide step-by-step instructions on how to add these enhancements in Acrobat 4, Acrobat 5 and Acrobat 6.

Adobe Acrobat 6 - Windows Guide to Creating Bookmarks Guide to Creating Links Guide to Inserting Pages and Integrating PDF Files Guide to Adding Sound Guide to Adding Video Adobe Acrobat 5 - Windows Guide to Creating Bookmarks Guide to Creating Links Guide to Inserting Pages Guide and Integrating PDF Files Guide to Adding Sound Guide to Adding Video Adobe Acrobat 4 - Windows Guide to Creating Bookmarks Guide to Creating Links Guide to Inserting Pages Guide and Integrating PDF Files Guide to Adding Sound Guide to Adding Video

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Once your PDF document is enhanced, it is time to insert the committee approval form. A link to the form and a link to instructions for insertion are listed below. Once you have inserted the form as the first page of your thesis or dissertation, you will need to complete it by typing your committee members' names. Do not insert the electronic copy with signatures on it. As a reminder, in addition to the electronic approval form, you will need two additional copies of this form. They must be printed and signed by your committee members. Committee Approval Form (PDF) Acrobat Acrobat 6 - Windows Inserting Your Committee Approval Form in Acrobat