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EDGAR requires that official documents—attached to electronically submitted filings—be formatted as one of the following: HTML, American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), or, when specific criteria are met, Portable Document Format (PDF).
Create a simple HTML document that can be attached to filings submitted in EDGAR by following these steps:
If using a Windows operating system select Start from the Task Bar (typically located in the lower left corner of the screen).
In the Search programs and files field, enter Notepad. The Notepad program should then be displayed, then > select Notepad to open the program.
Type the following tags in Notepad exactly as they appear in the example below (please note that you should enter your own title of the document in the Title section).
<html>
<head>
<title> Enter title of document </title>
</head>
<body>
<pre>
</pre>
</body>
</html>
Your screen should look like this:
Please note that this method retains a table's content; however, the table structure is not preserved. In addition, all images within the Word document will not be preserved in the HTML file.
Select File > Save As.
In the File Name field, type the name of the file with an .htm extension > select Save.
The .htm document is now ready to be attached to your filing for submission.
Modified: April 6, 2023