How to PDF your WCHRI application Adobe Pro is required in order to merge PDF documents, which is available for download online on Adobe's website. Once Adobe Pro has been downloaded, PDF documents can be merged into a single document.

All WCHRI application forms are protected Word documents, so you will need to follow the steps below in order to save your application documents as PDF documents that can then be merged into a single searchable PDF document.

1) Preferred method:

1. Open the completed application form2. Select 'file' then 'print'3. When the print options opens select 'Adobe PDF' as your printer then click on 'print'4. This will not print the document. It will let you save it as a PDF document5. Complete steps 1 through 4 for all application documents/ supporting materials (refer to the

application and/or program guidelines for complete information. Some supporting materials may include:

o additional pages, if used,o research proposal, o official current University of Alberta transcripts (not Beartracks)o biosketch(es)o letters of collaboration/supporto letter of stakeholder engagement

6. The signature page must be scanned/ saved as a PDF once you have obtained signatures. 7. Once you have saved each document as a PDF, you will be able to merge the application form

with the other PDF files. 8. In order to merge files together, go to the last page of the PDF version of your application form,

and click the 'Add Page from Another Document' icon in the toolbar; browse to the next PDF document that you want to add, double-click it and choose 'after' - the document will automatically be added.

9. Repeat step 8 for all the PDF documents that must be included in your application until you have a single merged document.

If you do not have the option to merge (which can happen depending on the software you are using, although it is fairly rare), you will have to complete the above steps then use one of the PDF merging websites below:

o PrimoPDF (recommended - free and easy to use)o Foxyutils o PDFMERGE

2) Alternate method:

From the application form

1. Click 'File'2. Click 'Create'3. Click 'Combine files into a Single PDF'4. Click 'PDF portfolio' in the upper right5. Use the 'Add Files' button to select all PDFs that you want to merge together (including selecting

the document you are currently using as the first one you select)

This document is intended to support your application submission; The burden to provide a single, collated PDF application according to the program requirements remains the responsibility of the applicant. Please allocate sufficient time to this task to ensure that the final document submitted to WCHRI is complete.