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Prepare for Filing

Court e-filing portals are picky: the pages have to be a certain size, the file has to be a certain format, and if it's too large, it has to be broken into parts. Prepare for Filing handles all of that in one step, so a document that's ready to file goes out the door without a fight.

Why you'd use it

You've finished a motion with exhibits. Before it can go to the portal it needs to be letter-size, in the right format, and under the portal's size limit. Doing that by hand — resizing pages, re-saving, splitting a big file into labeled pieces — is the kind of fiddly work that eats an afternoon. This does it for you.

How to do it

  1. Open the PDF.
  2. In the Legal tools, choose Prepare for Filing.
  3. RaioPDF runs a quick preflight check — it reads the document and lists anything the portal won't accept.
  4. Click the action button to build it. Depending on what the file needs, it reads Make Filing-Ready (when there's cleanup to do) or Export PDF/A for ePortal (when it's already in shape).

You get back a filing-ready file. If the document was too big for the portal, you get it split into properly labeled, sequential parts instead.

What it does for you

  • Sets the page size and format. Every page is normalized to letter-size, portrait — the shape portals expect.
  • Splits oversized filings to your court's limit. Pick your court and RaioPDF uses that court's file-size cap — if the file is over it, it's divided into sequential, clearly named parts. You can also save a custom size limit for a court.
  • Checks against the e-filing rules. The preflight looks at the formatting and electronic-filing requirements and flags what needs fixing.
  • Can draft a certificate of service to include with the filing.

What to know

  • It shows you what would be lost first. Some cleanup changes a PDF in ways you might not want — flattening an unsigned form, or a signature. Before it changes anything, RaioPDF lists what would be affected so you can cancel and handle those first.
  • Redact before you prepare. If you've marked redactions, apply them first, then run Prepare for Filing.
  • This gets the mechanics right, not the law. It helps you meet the portal's technical requirements. It doesn't replace your read of your court's rules — check anything specific to your division or judge.