Tutorials

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Publishers' Assistant

The following list of tutorials were developed for the legacy version of Publishers' Assistant.  They are still useful for understanding the concepts employed in PubAssist.   While  IlluminationTM implements a different user interface,  the concepts are very much the same as Publishers' Assistant.

Publishers’ Assistant

How do I enter an invoice?

1. Invoice Segment 1, Selecting Shipping and Billing Contacts

2. Invoice Segment 2, Entering Ordered Items

3. Invoice Segment 3, Completing and Printing the Order

How do I enter my titles?

1. Title Segment 1, Identifying Your New Title

2. Title Segment 2, Specify a Supplier

3. Title Segment 3, Entering Your Title Cost

4. Title Segment 4, Other Title Attributes

How do I track royalties or consignment liabilities?

1. Title Liabilities – Segment 1, Royalty Contract Specifics

2. Title Liabilities – Segment 2, Consignment Contract Specifics

3. Title Liabilities – Segment 3, Recalculating Liabilities and Reporting

Introduction to Couplet

1. What is Couplet?

2. The Contact Screen and Basic Navigation

3. The Contact Screen — Attributes of the Contact Record

4. The Title Screen — Identifiers, Imprint, and Conrtibutors

5. The Title Screen — Description, Sample Text, and Image

6. The Title Screen — Form, Trade, and Inventory

Exporting Data using Couplet

1. The Title Export Wizard — Exporting to an ONIX Document

2. Other Export formats and the Contact Export Wizard

3. Exporting directly from the data entry screen.

Importing Data using Couplet

There are no tuturials on importing; but check out this article on converting from Quickbooks. It’s a good introduction to importing.

1. The Contact Import Wizard — Converting from Quickbooks!

We’re actively adding to this list, so keep checking back.