Getting Started

System Requirements

  • To use Publishing Assistant, Paratext 8 or newer must already be installed on your system.
  • Paratext and Publishing Assistant require Windows 7 or later with 8 GB of RAM. Publishing Assistant requires a 64-bit version of Windows. 32-bit versions are not supported.
  • Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.6.2 or higher is highly recommended. Having an earlier version might significantly reduce Publishing Assistant’s performance.
  • Publishing Assistant 7 works with Adobe InDesign versions from CS5 to 2026 (21.x). Features for Custom Layout (e.g. typesetting study Bibles) require InDesign 5.5 or newer. InDesign requires significant computer resources, and for this reason 16GB of RAM in your computer is is preferred.

Installation

User and Project Registration

In order to use Publishing Assistant for typesetting a Paratext project, the following registration requirements must be met:

1. You must be a registered Paratext user.

Find detailed information on user, organization, and project registration at the Paratext website. In order to download and install Paratext, follow the instructions on the Paratext Download page.

Important change to user registration with PA 7.0

All releases of Publishing Assistant prior to 7.0 required individual approval for new users, including a training requirement. With the release of PA 7.0, this training requirement has been removed. Now any registered Paratext user can install PA and use it together with a registered and approved project (see below).

The category of a trained and 'supported' user will remain. Only users who have received some formal training or mentoring by an existing PA user will have the option to submit problem reports, use PA send/receive, or receive direct support from the PA project team.

2. The project you wish to typeset must be registered and granted Publisher Tier status.

See the Paratext website for details on organization and project registration.

Registered projects get access to Translator Tier right away. Then, after a couple weeks for internal review by your organization, they are visible to reviewers in other organizations. Assuming the projects are in good standing, their status updates to Publisher Tier automatically. The process is community driven, with arbitration by the Paratext board of governors in the case of any disputes.

3. You must be a member of the registered Paratext project.

If the registered project is not available on your computer, contact the project Administrator and request to be added to the project with the ‘Typesetter’ role. Then use Paratext Send/Receive to download the project’s files to your system.

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