File requirements
Electronic documents submitted during an assessment process must satisfy the Commission's digital requirements for file format and file size.
File format
- All documents must be A4 formatted.
- All documents including photos must be submitted in PDF or PDF/A format.
- All security settings such as password protection and editing restrictions must be disabled.
File size
- Files must be no larger than 20MB.
- Files larger than 20MB should be broken up into logical parts and provided as separate files with clear file name descriptions.
- All documents should be saved using the smallest file size possible to reduce download speeds.
- Zip files are not acceptable for online publishing.
Scanned documents
- PDFs should be created directly from their source files and not scanned, where possible.
- PDFs produced by scanning paper documents are generally unreadable by screen readers and the resulting file sizes are often large and unsuitable for online publishing.