Manuscript Central Training

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Manuscript Central Training

• Author Center
• Module 2

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Author Center

• Login Screen
• Main Menu
• New Manuscript Submission
• Partially Submitted Manuscripts
• Manuscripts to Be Revised
• Note your screens may differ somewhat from
  the ones shown here

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Login Screen

• User ID, Password (but not Journal)
• Existing Account?
• Instructions
• Links to Upgrades
• Adobe, Netscape, Internet Explorer
• Get Support Now

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Enter Your ID Password . Choose Login
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Main Menu
Youll see only Author Center

• Whats in Your View?
• Personal Account Administration
• Change Password
• Edit Your Information
• Bolded Fields
• 2nd E-Mail (CC)
• Back to buttons

These are now shown in your listing of choices,
rather than as buttons as shown in next
illustrations
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Change Password
Edit Account Info
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Enter Old Password, New Password Twice and Choose
Set Password
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Edit Info, Choose Submit Information At Bottom
Of Page
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Choose Author Center
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Manuscript Submission

• Manuscript Preparation (PDF, PS)
• Combine text and figures in one file
• Or, create multiple PDFs from text and figure
  files, then combine
• PDF can be made from Adobe PDF Writer software
  (not free)
• PDF can also be made on the MCs free Acrobat
  Distiller -- see next page

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Creating PDF on MC site

• Select Create PDF of your Manuscript icon
• Read and follow instructions on this FAQ page
• Log-on ID ScholarOne Password Central
  (case-sensitive)
• Click Create PDF Online icon select Convert a
  File
• Use default settings browse for manuscripts
  file then view results
• Repeat as needed, to get text and figures right

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Manuscript Submission

• Manuscript Preparation (RTF)
• Create RTF (Rich Text Format) of text
• Insert Figure Tags into text file (see example)
• Figure files in image format (.JPG, .GIF, .TIF,
  etc.) with SIMPLE filenames such as Fig1.jpg

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Select Manuscript Type Color Illustrations
(Yes/No) Save and Continue
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To select USA, type U, then down-arrow 5
times.
Save and Continue
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Save and Continue
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Save and Continue
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Using the Special Character Palette

• Uncheck Copy to End
• For bold, italics, underline, subscript, and
  superscript surround desired text with begin and
  end tags
• For characters copy-and-paste entire tag into
  text

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Save and Continue
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Save and Continue
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To Upload a New Draft
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Instead of RTF, we suggest using our free Online
distiller to create PDF for upload
Page Down
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Choose Next
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Choose Browse Navigate to the PDF, PS or RTF file
on your computer. Choose Upload File
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Choose View Proof
Its always a good idea to view the proof, to
assure that what you intend is what we have
received.
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To View Your Proof
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Proof Your Entire Draft and Choose Back Button
in Your Browser to Return
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Choose One
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This Manuscript Has Been Submitted! Exit System
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• Lets rewind just a little and see how it differs
  when you do not have a PDF or PostScript file and
  would like to upload an RTF with figure tags and
  image files

Hopefully you are submitting a PDF and will not
need to review this next Section skip to slide 41
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Choose Browse Navigate to the PDF, PS or RTF file
on your computer. Choose Upload File
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During the Upload Your Figure Tags were Read. Now
You Must Identify The File for Each Figure Choose
Browse, then Navigate to Each File Submit
Information
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Heres What My Author Center Looks Like Now To
Return to Work on a Partially Submitted
Manuscript, Click on the Title
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Choose the Draft ID to View Your Draft(s)
The Steps are the Same You Can Page Through your
Manuscript to Make any Edits, then Submit or Not
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When Youve Been Asked to ReviseYour Author
Center will Look Like This
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Revision
Original
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Important! Author Must View Comments and
Response to Reviewers FIRST
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Fill in Response to Editor and Response to
Reviewers, then Choose Submit Response
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Now Author is Ready to Upload a New Draft.
Choose the Title
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Choose Create a New Draft
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Follow the Same Steps as in the Original Upload
Until You Get to the Confirmation Page
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Author Summary

• Use the Author Center to
• Upload New Manuscript
• Track Progress of Manuscript
• Respond to Revision Requests