Melbourne ResearchInserting scanned signatures into a Word document: HF & MSRANHMRC 2015 Postgraduate Scholarships

Both Heart Foundation and MSRA require co-funding applications to be submitted as signed Word documents. If you, your Supervisor, or Head of Department cannot sign electronically, you will need to sign a printed page instead and insert it into the document. Scanned files are ideally inserted as picture images, however can also be inserted as a pdf as detailed below. If inserting as a picture image please see Heart Foundation’s video on how to do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaXRZdp_7dI&feature=youtu.be, time 2:40.

Note: Heart Foundation requires that all details, except for the signature, are completed electronically before the page is printed, signed, and scanned.

Once the final document has been received, Melbourne Research will organise signature by the Research Office, prior to submitting to the funding body.

How to insert an Adobe Acrobat document (PDF) into a Word document

Open the document you wish to insert the PDF into. Click in the area where you need to insert the scanned/PDF page. On your toolbar, open the “Insert” tab, click on “object” (located in right hand side of the tool bar)

Click on “Object” from the drop down tab. Object box will open. Choose “Adobe Acrobat Document”. Click OK. The Browse box will appear, search your files for the relevant PDF page and click OK. The page will be automatically inserted into the place you require.

The document will open in Acrobat Reader. Close this window. Your word document will now include the PDF as a picture that can be cropped resized to your specifications.

The document should be saved as a Word doc for submitting to Melbourne Research using the relevant naming convention.

Last updated: 12 May 2014