Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Submission

SAVING AS A PDF/A FILE IN WORD FOR WINDOWS

Saving your MS Word document as a PDF/A file is not difficult, but involves a few steps. Please note that a regular PDF file is not a PDF/A file. Below are screen shots explaining how to save your MS Word document as a PDF/A file in a PC environment.

1. With your final thesis version open in MS Word, choose File Save As:
2. In the “Save As” dialog box, choose PDF files as the “type.”
3. Then open the “Options” dialog box.
4. Make sure the “ISO 19005-1 compliant (PDF/A)” box is checked.
5. Then click “OK” to save.