Getting Started

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.

2. You must be approved as a Publishing Assistant user.

Upcoming changes to user registration in PA 7.0

All releases of Publishing Assistant prior to 7.0 have required individual approval for new users. This has included the requirement that a new user participate in a training process recognized by UBS or SIL, or be mentored by an experienced user.

With the upcoming full release of PA 7.0 (not in the Beta), the training requirement will be removed. Any registered Paratext user will be able to install PA and use it together with a registered and approved project (see below). However, the category of a trained, supported, and 'approved' user will remain. Only 'approved' users will have the option to submit problem reports or to receive direct support from the PA team.

3. 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.

4. 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.