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Do documents that will be filed on CM/ECF systems need to be in a particular format?

April 26, 2017CM documents ECF filed format particular SYSTEMS

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Do documents that will be filed on CM/ECF systems need to be in a particular format?

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CM/ECF systems are designed to accept only documents in PDF format. This format was chosen because it allows a document to retain its pagination, formatting and fonts no matter what type of computer is used to view or print the document. It is also an open standard format. Adobe developed the format, and offers software that allows conversion of documents created in most word processing systems into PDF. This software is recommended. Several word processing and other programs contain features that convert documents created in those programs into PDF.

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CM/ECF systems are designed to accept only documents in PDF format. This format was chosen because it allows a document to retain its pagination, formatting and fonts no matter what type of computer is used to view or print the document. It is also an open standard format. There are several PDF writing programs commercially available.