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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