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Experience The Digital Collection The Dallas Morning News Inside, you’ll find your step-by-step guide to staying connected. Whether you like to read The Dallas Morning News in print, on your smartphone, tablet or computer, we have every option. Our Digital Customer Service Team is ready to assist you. Monday-Friday 7am-7pm | Saturday & Sunday 7am-3pm | (214)745-8383 | [email protected]

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Experience

The Digital CollectionThe Dallas Morning News

Inside, you’ll find your step-by-step guide to staying connected.

Whether you like to read The Dallas Morning News in print, on your smartphone, tablet or computer, we have every option.

Our Digital Customer Service Team is ready to assist you.

Monday-Friday 7am-7pm | Saturday & Sunday 7am-3pm | (214)745-8383 | [email protected]

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Dear Reader,

As your “window on the world,” The Dallas Morning News takes its mission seriously. We’re

committed to providing you not only with practical day-to-day news and analysis to prepare you

for the day ahead, but also in-depth coverage of the larger stories that shape your world. We

have invested heavily in our newsroom to ensure you get not only the most extensive original

coverage of what is happening locally, but also commentary and insight into regional, state,

national and international events that impact your life right here in North Texas.

“Rapid and dramatic change” is the best way to describe the evolution of how you can get

news today. Hardly a household we deliver to doesn’t have one or more notebook computers,

smartphones or other devices that offer opportunities to learn about events around

the world just moments after they happen. That’s why The Dallas Morning News is pleased

to offer several digital options subscribers can check the news throughout the day,

when and where they want to.

The journalism you’ve come to value in your print edition is now available in an

easy-to-use format at dallasnews.com, and through applications for your tablet

and smartphone. While these digital versions will be updated several times a

day, we’ll also bringing breaking stories — complete with stunning photos, video

and our first-rate reporting — as they happen. In the following pages of this

User Guide, we’ll show you how to gain access to all of our content on each of

these platforms so you can stay on top of the latest developments in

news, weather, traffic, and more while you’re on the go.

Simply visit dallasnews.com and click the “Register” button

on the home page to link your subscription. If you haven’t

registered yet, I encourage you to soon, because only linked

subscribers like you (and up to two others in your household)

receive our original Subscriber Content online and on tablets and

smartphones; non-subscribers don’t have full access to these stories.

We thank you for your subscription to The Dallas Morning News and

hope our new digital platforms will enhance your reading experience.

Sincerely,

Jim Moroney

Publisher/CEO

Jim MoroneyPublisher/CEO

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What is the next generation, what’s behind the

and what does it mean to you as a subscriber?

Sign in expedited for

All Subscribers

List and confirm the Email Address you use for your dallasnews.com account

Create a Member Name if you want

to comment on stories, share photos

or create a profile

Use the same Last Name, Phone

Number and Zip Code you use on your newspaper

subscription (This is how we link your newspaper account

and digital account)

Use the same Password you use for your dallasnews.com account

*If you have already registered at dallasnews.com, your email address and password will be pre-populated.

The next generation is news and information your way — on the web, smartphone, tablet and in print.The represents Subscriber Content, premium content written by our journalists specifically for subscribers — and available only to print or digital subscribers.Your all-inclusive subscription provides digital access to exclusive Subscriber Content. Enjoy 24/7 digital access on our apps, on the newly designed dallasnews.com and eEdition.

How to register ONCE to access Subscriber Content from any device.(smartphone, tablet, eEdition or dallasnews.com)

1. Go to dallasnews.com2. In the upper right-hand corner, click on the words Register

(If you are already a registered user on dallasnews.com, click on Sign in.)3. You will be taken to the pages below.

Non-Subscriber sign in (No accessto Subscriber Content)

If you are a Registered User on dallasnews.com sign in with that email and password

Option to register toCreate an Account

If you are already a Registered User on

dallasnews.com, sign in with that email

and password

If you are not a Registered User on

dallasnews.com, register here

If you experience any problems or have any questions, our Digital Customer Service Team is ready to assist you.

Monday-Friday | 7am-7pm • Saturday & Sunday | 7am-3pm (214) 745-8383

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Dallasnews.com is theleading local media website.

Simplified Navigation improved Search Capabilitiesand more relevant Results

Latest Newsupdated every

five minutes

Bigger and betterSlideshowsand Videos

More Photos,Slideshows and Videos

New lifestyle, entertainment and

local news Blogs

Consistent Content Presentation

from page to page

More emphasis on Breaking News

and Photos

Embedded slideshows and videos in their

respective stories

signifies Subscriber Content

stories

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BreakingNews alerts

Color-Coded Section names

(just like thenewspaper!)

Easy to useSection

Drop-Down Menu

Easy in-sectionStory Navigation

Smart Searchfunction

In app Weather Feature

AdjustableText Size

Share Feature Email, Facebook®, Twitter®

Enjoy your daily dose of news with our iPad® app.

Last Updatedtime stamp

Expandable front pageavailable in Portrait and Landscape views

Remember, subscribers only have to register once to access exclusive Subscriber Content.

To install our iPad® app: Scan the code below with your iPad® and follow the onscreen instructions to proceed with the installation.

Download our Apps today.

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Download our Apps today.

Breaking News alerts

Color-coded Section names

(just like thenewspaper!)

Easily view Picture,Slideshow or Video

within the article

Customize Numberof articles displayed per section onhomepage

Drag and drop to customizesection order

Full Video and Slideshowcapabilities

We’ve mobilized our journalists with our iPhone® app.

To install ouriPhone® app: Scan the code below with your iPhone® and follow the onscreen instructions to proceed with the installation.

Remember, subscribers only have to register once to access exclusive Subscriber Content.

designates Subscriber Content

Accessible icons for Homepage, Saved Articles, Weather and Section List

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Breaking news alerts

designates Subscriber Content

Color-Coded Section Names

(just like the newspaper!)

Accessible icons for

Homepage, Saved Articles, Section List and Weather

Move directly from article to article

Customize Number of Articles Displayed per

section on homepage; select which sections are shown

Full Video and Slideshow capabilities

We’ve made our Android™ app very smart.

Download our Android™ app today.

To install our Android™ app: Scan the code below with your smartphone

and follow the onscreen instructions to proceed with the installation.

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Select Articles with

drop-down menu

Smart Zoom to enlarge story

Scroll through 2 weeks of back issues

View the entire paper in thumbnail view

eEdition for iPad®— You’ve never read The Dallas Morning News like this.

View Articles in portrait or

landscape format

To install our iPad® app: Scan the code below with your iPad® and follow the onscreen instructions to proceed with the installation.

Download our Apps today.

Double Tap articles to view the entire story

Link to additional story content and contacts Search by

topic, person, event or keyword

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There can’t be anext generation without

the original one.

Whether you like the stories, the features, the columns,

the savings, the comics … or just the feel of a newspaper in your hand,

there’s always the original – The Dallas Morning News.

In print, online, on your smartphone or your tablet.

Get your news and information where, when and how you want it.

The Dallas Morning NewsWe’re as mobile as you are.