Rule 11 - Format of Filings(a)Selection of Case and Document Types. So far as possible, a party initiating a case electronically should identify the correct case category, case type, and case subtype from the available selections in the electronic filing system, and a party filing a document electronically should identify the correct filing type and filing subtype from the available selections in the electronic filing system. Upon review, the clerk may, when necessary and appropriate, modify a filer's selections to comply with the court's internal standards for case classification and document classification, but the clerk shall not reject any submission on the sole basis of incorrect selections unless the filer's selection of the incorrect case category prevents the clerk from processing the case in its correct category in the court's case management system.(b)Formatting and Word Limits. An electronically filed document must comply with the formatting and word-limit requirements for conventionally filed documents as set forth in the Supreme Court Rules, except that colored-cover, binding, and related requirements shall not apply to electronically filed documents.(c)Acceptable Formats for Electronically Filed Documents. A document that is submitted through the electronic filing system must be in one of the following formats only: .doc; .docx; or .pdf. The electronic filing system will not accept documents or other material in any other format. A document that is submitted in .doc or .docx format will be converted to .pdf text-searchable format by the electronic filing system. So far as possible, the filer shall submit a document that has been converted or is convertible to .pdf text-searchable format. If the filer possesses only a paper copy of the document, a scanned .pdf that is not text searchable may be submitted. A scanned document shall conform with a standard of no less than 200 and no more than 300 dots per inch. A filer shall not electronically submit a document that contains tracking tags, embedded systems commands, password protections, access restrictions or other security features, special tags or dynamic features.(d)Size Limits on Documents for Electronic Submission. No individual document exceeding 25 megabytes, either in converted or scanned .pdf format, shall be submitted through the electronic filing system. Any document exceeding 25 megabytes must be divided into separate documents of less than 25 megabytes, and each separate document should be identified as a part of the overall document.(e)Filer's Requirement to Retain Scanned Document. With the exception of paper documents that were filed in the trial court or administrative agency from which the appeal is taken, any paper document that is converted by the filer to .pdf format through a scanner and then filed using the electronic filing system must be retained by the filer until the issuance of the mandate or the close of the case. Upon request of the court or any party, the filer must make the paper document available for inspection.(f)Hyperlinks. Hyperlinks and other electronic navigational aids may be included - and are encouraged - in an electronically filed document as an aid to the court. Although hyperlinks may be included in a document as an aid to the court, the material referred to by a hyperlink is not considered part of the official record unless it is already part of the record in the case. Each hyperlink must contain a record reference to the target of the link. Hyperlinks to cited authority may not replace standard citation format for constitutional citations, statutes, cases, rules or other similarly cited materials.(g)Format of Conventional Filings. Documents that are conventionally filed in a supreme court case governed by these rules will be scanned or otherwise converted by the clerk into electronic documents for entry in the court's electronic case file. Accordingly, documents must be printed only on the front side of each page, be logically organized and separate from other documents, and be submitted to the court with no tabs, durable bindings, or difficult-to-remove fasteners that would interfere with the clerk's ability to scan or otherwise convert the documents into an electronic format. If a timely filed document does not conform to this rule or is not clearly legible, the clerk may require the filer to resubmit the document, but the document shall not thereby be deemed untimely.Adopted March 29, 2018, effective 3/29/2018; amended effective 1/1/2020; amended effective 1/1/2020.