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I tried to file a document but CM/ECF says “format not recognized”. What am I doing wrong?

April 26, 2017CM DOCUMENT doing ECF file format not recognized wrong

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I tried to file a document but CM/ECF says “format not recognized”. What am I doing wrong?

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All documents must be submitted in Adobe PDF (portable document format) with an extension of “.pdf.” Two common errors occur. First, a user thinks that he/she saved the document in PDF. The user then tries to file the WordPerfect/Word version of the document; not the saved PDF version. Second, a user fails to indicate the full path name for the PDF file he/she wants to upload. Because the system could not find the file, it responded with the “format not recognized” message. The solution–provide the full path name when identifying the file (example: “c:\documents\motion.pdf”) during the upload process. Back to Technical category Back to top.