Getting started with issuu

Dr Helen Dixon

Information Services

• Read free publications• Build and share

‘stacks’ of articles that interest you

• Upload your own publications

Go to issuu.com

Free account

• Unlimited public publications• pdf, Word, PowerPoint

• 25 unlisted publications • can only be accessed by those

who know the link

• Embed anywhere

• Share on social media

• iOS and Android apps

• Mobile HTML 5 reader

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Your issuu feed will display publications from any publishers you follow

Use the Following tab to change who you follow

Your profile

Click your profile image to access your settings

Click EDIT PROFILE to change your details or profile image

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Uploading a publication

Give your publication a meaningful title and add a description to let readers know what it is about

Do you want to allow readers to download

your publication?

Watch it on YouTube

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You can now share your article via social media or by using the direct link.

Or you can embed your publication in a website or blog

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Embedded on a Facebook tab using Shortstack: http://www.shortstackapp.com/

Viewing your publication

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Using stacks

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Creating a clip 1

1. Click the orange + button

2. A crop button will appear below it

3. Click the crop button to open the crop box

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Creating a clip 2

4. Drag the crop box to the area of the page you want to clip and use the corner handles to resize it

5. When you are ready, click CLIP IT to create the clip

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Sharing a clip

Use the link or social media icons to easily share a clip

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Publisher Tools

Use Publisher List in Publication Tools to share, update or delete publications

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Click Statistics to view the statistics for your publications

Performance statistics - overview

How many times are your publications viewed?

How long are viewers spending reading your

publications?

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Performance statistics – most popular

How do your publications compare with each other?

What are your most popular publications?

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Performance statistics – how and where

How do viewers access you publications?

Where in the world are your viewers?

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Final tips!

• Format your document in single pages before uploading• Uploads must be less than 100 pages and 100mb

on the free plan• Visible links (beginning http or www) are

automatically detected allowing users to follow them• You can make an unlisted publication public but

you can’t make a public publication unlisted• Visit http://help.issuu.com/home for help and

support

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