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For an overview of the new features in Publishing Assistant 6.1, see What’s New in Publishing Assistant 6.1. If you are not a registered Paratext or Publishing Assistant user, see the Registration information page.

Compatibility of Publishing Assistant 6.1 with older versions

Publishing Assistant 6.1 will work directly with jobs created in Publishing 6.0.

Publishing Assistant 6.1 or 6.0 cannot work directly with jobs created by PA 5.0 or 5.1 or earlier versions, since these jobs belong to an earlier Paratext 7 project environment. To continue work on an earlier job created with 5.0 or 5.1 the associated Paratext projects need to have been migrated to Paratext 8 or newer, and then the relevant PA job can be migrated also.

It is usually best not to upgrade Publishing Assistant to a new version while you are currently at work on a typesetting project. It is better wait until any current projects are completed.

System Requirements

To use Publishing Assistant 6.x, Paratext 8 or newer must already be installed on your system and your Paratext user account must have authorization for use of Publishing Assistant.

Paratext and Publishing Assistant require Windows 7 or later with 8 GB of RAM. Publishing Assistant 6.x requires a 64-bit OS. 32-bit versions of Windows are not supported.

Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.6.2 or higher is highly recommended. Having an earlier version might significantly reduce PA’s performance.

Publishing Assistant 6.0 works with Adobe InDesign versions from CS 2 to ID 2020, although features for Custom Layout (e.g. typesetting study Bibles) requires InDesign CS 5.5 or newer. InDesign also requires significant computer resources, and for this reason 8GB of RAM in your computer is the recommended minimum.

Current Version 6.1

Installing Publishing Assistant

Download and install the base Installer .exe file. Then download and install the latest Patch .msp file. If you do not already have Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.6.2 or higher, an installation package is available for download here, for convenience.

Files

TypeFile NameDate ModifiedSize

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MD5 Codes 2:35 pm 08/09/20228.2k

exe
Microsoft NET Framework 4 6 2 8:28 pm 08/26/202059.1M

msp
PA Patch 6 1 100 300 2:31 pm 08/09/202211.1M

exe
PublishingAssistant 6 1 100 1 Installer 12:15 pm 08/27/2020132.3M

Previous Updates

TypeFile NameDate ModifiedSize

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MD5 Codes 2:36 pm 08/09/20228.2k

msp
PA Patch 6 1 100 100 12:40 pm 04/05/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 102 12:56 pm 04/12/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 106 11:43 am 04/19/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 111 1:25 pm 04/26/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 115 12:31 pm 05/03/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 121 11:10 am 05/18/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 124 12:47 pm 05/24/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 128 12:40 pm 05/31/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 133 11:52 am 06/07/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 136 12:49 pm 06/14/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 139 1:04 pm 06/24/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 142 12:09 pm 06/28/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 143 12:36 pm 07/05/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 151 10:17 pm 07/26/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 156 12:19 pm 08/02/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 159 12:01 pm 08/09/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 168 12:37 pm 08/23/202110.3M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 192 12:04 pm 10/25/202110.9M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 196 10:39 am 11/01/202110.9M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 209 1:26 pm 12/07/202110.9M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 219 12:09 am 01/11/202210.9M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 221 4:07 pm 01/17/202210.9M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 234 9:18 pm 02/14/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 236 3:08 pm 02/21/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 239 4:26 pm 02/28/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 243 4:43 pm 03/07/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 246 11:23 am 03/14/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 249 11:51 am 03/22/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 261 4:33 pm 04/11/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 264 11:47 am 04/18/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 267 11:01 pm 04/25/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 270 11:50 am 05/03/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 277 8:22 pm 05/16/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 279 12:03 pm 05/26/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 280 12:39 pm 05/31/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 281 12:22 pm 06/07/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 283 12:03 pm 06/13/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 285 4:31 pm 06/20/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 286 5:47 pm 06/29/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 291 1:16 pm 07/11/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 293 12:18 pm 07/19/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 296 12:16 pm 07/26/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 297 12:09 pm 08/01/202211.1M

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PA Patch 6 1 100 300 2:36 pm 08/09/202211.1M
Previous Versions

Publishing Assistant 6.0

Publishing Assistant 6.0 and 5.1 contain identical features. Publishing Assistant 6 is required for working with Paratext 8 or newer projects. Publishing Assistant 5.1 works with Paratext 7 projects. Both versions can safely coexist on your computer. See What’s New in Publishing Assistant 6.0 and 5.1.

TypeFile NameDate ModifiedSize

exe
Microsoft NET Framework 4 6 2 5:43 pm 12/11/201959.1M

msp
PA Patch 6 0 100 264 12:53 pm 07/11/20228.3M

exe
PublishingAssistant 6 0 100 1 Installer 5:43 pm 12/11/201931M

Publishing Assistant 5.1

TypeFile NameDate ModifiedSize

exe
Microsoft NET Framework 4 6 2 5:43 pm 12/11/201959.1M

PUD
PA5 Base 5 1 100 1 5:43 pm 12/11/201957.9M

PUD
PA5 Update 5 1 100 250 12:40 pm 07/11/20228.4M

Publishing Assistant Beta

Publishing Assistant 7.0 is under development but currently there are no alpha or beta versions available.

Quick Support Links

  • Scripture Typesetting Training – Sept-Oct 2022 (Online)
  • Getting Started
  • What’s New in PA 6.1
  • User Documentation
  • Scripture Markup (USFM)

News and Updates

  • Scripture Typesetting Training – Sept-Oct 2022 March 23, 2022
  • What’s New in Publishing Assistant 6.1 August 25, 2020
  • What’s New in InDesign 2019–2020 December 10, 2019
  • Improved Custom Layout – PA 6.1 December 10, 2019
  • USFM 3 Support – PA 6.1 December 10, 2019

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  • Publishing Assistant Distribution Policy
  • Privacy Policy

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