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United States District Court
Northern District of Illinois
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Chicago, Illinois 60604

Attorneys will need the following hardware and software to electronically file, view, and retrieve documents in the electronic filing system.

• A personal computer running a standard platform such as Windows (95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP), or Macintosh.
   
• Internet service and a compatible browser (Netscape browser 4.7 or higher, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher) In either case, the browser must be JavaScript-enabled.
   
• 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 Writer Version 3.X, 4.X, and 5.0 meet the CM/ECF filing requirements.  For viewing documents, not authoring them, only Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed.
   
• A PDF-compatible word processor like Macintosh or Windows-based versions of WordPerfect and Word.
   
• A scanner to transmit documents that are not in your word processing system.

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