The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health Office of Human Resources Compensation Unit Phone: 410-955-0775/Fax: 410-614-3805

JHU Personnel Requisition Form Instruction Sheet

Note: Print this page before proceeding You have three options for completing the form: Fill out the form online and save to your hard drive in Microsoft Word format Fill out the form online and save to your hard drive in Word Perfect format Fill out the form online using Adobe Acrobat (click here for installation instructions) Note: If you need to print blank forms, you should print them using Acrobat Reader for proper spacing.

MS Word    Click on the MS Word link above. A Save As... dialog box displays. Rename the file to "jhupr.dot" and save it to a directory on your hard drive.    To fill in the form, open the file by double-clicking on the jhupr.dot file. A new document is created and the cursor is located on the first field of the form. After completing an entry, tab to the next field (shift-tab to return to previous field). Each field has a character limit but you can include further information by tabbing to the end of the document and filling out the Additional Comments section on page 2.    Since this is now a document file, you can save it using any name that is meaningful to you. E-mail or otherwise send to your department administrator.

WordPerfect    Click on the Wordperfect link above. A Save As... dialog box displays. Rename the file to "jhuprwp.frm" and save it to a directory on your hard drive.    Run WordPerfect and open the file. Select Tools, Merge, Merge and select Current Document as Form file. Select Merge to begin filling in the fields. A prompt will display for each field. Click on the Continue button or press Alt-Enter to move to the next field. Click on Quit to merge the form.    Since this is now a document file, you can edit it, print it, and save it using any name that is meaningful to you. Important:Be sure that the form itself prints one page. Put overflow information on page 2 under Additional Comments if necessary. E-mail or otherwise send to your department administrator.

Adobe Acrobat Netscape 3.x Users    Click on the above Acrobat link. When the Save As ... dialog box appears, save the file as "jhupr.pdf" to your hard drive. To complete the form, double-click on the file after downloading. Netscape/Communicator 4.x Users    Click on the above Acrobat link to display the form inside your browser. All Users The hand tool appears and as you move your mouse over a fillable area, the hand becomes a text cursor. Begin entering text in that field and tab to move to the next field. Press shift-tab to move to previous fields.    There is a blank page where you can enter additional information. Press PageDown to access page 2 of the form.    Currently, you cannot save the form along with its data in Acrobat Reader. You need to print the form and send to your department administrator.