What hardware and software will attorneys need to participate in CM/ECF?
Attorneys will need the following hardware and software to electronically file, view, and retrieve documents in the electronic filing system. For all court types: • A personal computer with Windows or an Apple Macintosh (Mac) with internet access and a compatible browser. (See below for more information about operating Appellate CM/ECF on a Mac.) Click here to view the current browser standards for CM/ECF. • Software to convert documents from a word processor format to portable document format (PDF). Adobe Acrobat PDF Writer, as well as certain word processing programs can perform this function. Adobe Acrobat Version 5 and higher meet the CM/ECF filing requirements. For viewing documents, not authoring them, only Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed. • A word processing package like Mac or windows-based versions of WordPerfect and Word whose output can be converted to PDF format. • A scanner to make PDFs of documents that you have only in paper. In addition, for appellate courts: • You will
