• In Acrobat Pro, with your thesis opened, click the ‘Advanced Tab’ in the top menu bar. 
• At the bottom of the drop-down box, click on ‘Preflight…’ and a new window will open. 
• Under the Profiles tab, click on the ‘PDF/A compliance’ arrow and a list will drop down underneath it. 
• Click on ‘Convert to PDF/A-1a(sRGB) and then click the button at the bottom that says ‘Analyze and Fix’. 
• This will begin the conversion process and could take a few minutes.  If it converts cleanly, you will see a green checkmark; if the conversion failed you will see a red x(s) displaying various error messages.

 

If your conversion fails when converting your document to PDF/A-1a, try converting  your document to PDF/A-1b.

• In Acrobat Pro, with your thesis opened, click the 'Advanced Tab' in the top menu bar.
• At the bottom of the drop-down box, click on 'Preflight...' and a new window will open.
• Under the Profiles tab, click on the 'PDF/A compliance' arrow and a list will drop down underneath it.
• Click on 'Convert to PDF/A-1b(sRGB) and then click the button at the bottom that says 'Analyze and Fix.'
• This will begin the conversion process and could take a few minutes.  If it converts cleanly, you will see a green checkmark; if the conversion failed, you will see a red x(s) displaying various error messages.

 

If you experience an error, please email the error messages to Gradcollegeservices@missouristate.edu.  Someone in the Graduate College will address the problem and be in contact with you.