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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">Corrupted PDF files uploaded in MyFunding with the SF-424 can cause validation errors. Please see the below tips to ensure that corrupted files are not uploaded:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<b><span style="font-family:Roboto">Verify that all PDF attachments can be opened in Adobe before uploading the files in MyFunding<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<b><span style="font-family:Roboto">Check the document name for accuracy </span></b><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">(For example, do not name the document “biosketch.doc.doc.pdf”)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-family:Roboto">If the origin of the document is unknown, resave the file as a PDF (see Figure 1)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-family:Roboto">Upload flattened versions of the document by following these steps:<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:.75in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:Roboto">Open document, select File, and Print.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:.75in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:middle">
<span style="font-family:Roboto">For Printer, select Adobe PDF (see Figure 1)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:.75in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:middle">
<span style="font-family:Roboto">Select Print and re-save document<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">Figure 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="691" height="529" style="width:7.2013in;height:5.5138in" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D7101D.3AE919D0"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">If an error is received after the above tips are applied, please contact the PERIS<sup>TM</sup> team at
</span><a href="mailto:peristeam@pitt.edu"><span style="color:blue">peristeam@pitt.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black"> (see Figures 2 and 3 for example error notices).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">Figure 2.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="694" height="405" style="width:7.2291in;height:4.2152in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image004.png@01D7101D.3AE919D0" alt="Graphical user interface, text, application, email
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">Figure 3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="701" height="245" style="width:7.2986in;height:2.5555in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image006.png@01D7101D.3AE919D0"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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