PDF Submission Guidance |
Electronic SubmissionDTIC® now has the ability to accept and process documents electronically into the Technical Reports database. DTIC Electronic document submission allows for the transmission of both Unclassified, Unlimited and Unclassified, Limited documents. Documents may be submitted in a wide variety of formats, including: MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Wordperfect, ASCII Text, Rich text and PDF. All DTIC contributors are encouraged to use electronic submission as a means to streamline the document submission process, as well as enhance the output product provided by DTIC. Migration to an electronic transmittal system will provide both immediate and long term benefits to everyone who utilizes DTIC's services. On the input side, contributors will no longer have to deal with the costs and hassles of physical document shipping. Additionally, shipping time is dramatically reduced from several days to instantaneous. For the end users, documents that originally contained color graphics will retain this feature when downloaded from STINET or DROLS. Future hypertextual enhancements may also be made possible by the electronic document transmittal system.The system is an easy-to-use data entry system for submitting a "Report Documentation Page" (SF-298), along with the corresponding technical report. Since contributors should already be familiar with SF-298, electronic document submission entails no added steps or paperwork. After a contributor enters all of the available unclassified data, the browser encrypts everything and transmits it to DTIC's TR server via the Internet. Once the SF-298 and the file reach DTIC's server, the SF-298 is inserted into the document file (immediately following the title page). The document file is then converted to PDF format and processed into our Electronic Document Management System (EDMS). Signing up for Electronic Submission is easy:
Guidance for Submitting PDF Documents to DTICGeneral
One of the most common problems with PDF files submitted to DTIC is font readability. PDF documents rely on access to fonts that are either resident on a reader's computer or are embedded in the PDF document itself. For dissemination purposes, embedded fonts are preferred because DTIC has no way of knowing which fonts are available to the reader. Please use Adobe Acrobat Reader to review the fonts contained in your PDF. To do this, choose "Document Properties/Fonts" from the "File" menu. Choose "List all fonts" to see all fonts that Adobe may need to print the document.
- Documents in languages that do not
use a Roman or Cyrillic alphabet must be scanned in as a PDF image file.
(Problems can also occur when using special symbols or figures)
Electronic Media Specialist
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