Grants.gov PureEdge not Compatible with Mac Leopard or Windows Vista

Grants.gov is continuing work on replacing PureEdge Viewer application packages with Adobe Forms. However, most Grants.gov application packages are still in PureEdge format. The National Institutes of Health, for example, will use PureEdge forms at least through March 2008.

Investigators and staff considering upgrading to new Mac or Windows operating systems need to be aware of compatibility issues with PureEdge forms.

• Macintosh - PureEdge Special Edition Mac Viewer does not work with Mac OS X Leopard. To submit Grants.gov PureEdge forms on a Macintosh computer, either stay at OS X 10.4.6, use a virtualization product, install emulator software, or use a Windows terminal service. See Grants.gov “Apply” at Berkeley for more information on PureEdge on the Mac.
  


• Windows - PureEdge does not work with Microsoft Windows Vista, according to Grants.gov. To submit Grants.gov PureEdge forms, use Windows XP or follow Grants.gov guidance on Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 Compatibility.

For information and news on the transition to Adobe Forms, see the Grants.gov Program Status and Help pages, and Grants.gov “Apply” at Berkeley. Grants.gov now supports the latest version of Adobe Reader (8.1.1) and continues to support Adobe Reader version 7.0.9.