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title: "Flattening PDFs: 4.1"
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### **Problem:** If a student submits an assignment that has PDF Annotations (drawing circles, lines, adding text, etc.) the instructor may not see those annotations if they mark the assignment in **paskwâwi-mostos mêskanâs (mêskanâs)**. This, in turn, could prevent the student from receiving full marks as the assignment will appear incomplete.


### **Solution: **To prevent the student from losing marks, students should **Flatten their PDFs**. To “Flatten” a PDF means to combine the <u>Original PDF</u> with the <u>PDF Annotations</u>. Please see image below for example: 

![image](media://581d50dc-629a-486f-b004-acc206769b40)



1. Once your PDF is complete and ready for submission, go to the **Print icon **in the top right-hand corner of the page. 

![image](media://05f7d751-ed76-48ec-b62e-569c0e8cdd03)



2. In the Print section, under ***Printer***, select ***Print to PDF***.

![image](media://c692bc47-f1de-46d6-9db6-11c381dc3cc8)



3. Click ***Print*** and then name and save the assignment. 

![image](media://092332b2-cc94-42d1-baa2-d888a6543669)



4. Submit assignment for grading via mêskanâs. If you need additional assistance with how to submit an assignment, please follow the link: **[How to Hand-In Assignments ](https://macewan.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MSS/pages/1871937566)**