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Pictavo’s Sophisticated Page Layout Tools

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 Advanced Page Layout

Column Guides give you the space you need between images and text so your yearbook maintains a crisp, clean and consistent appearance
from beginning to end

 Work in inches or picas-whichever you prefer!

Powerful dual-cropper can zoom, crop and resize photo boxes … all with just a few clicks of the mouse

Rotate photos, clip art and design elements in l-degree increments

Optional grid view and …

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New Pictavo Features for 2012-2013

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YearbookLife is excited to announce that, beginning August 1, 2012, our Pictavo programwill include an Online Yearbook Sales and Ad Design feature!This means that all of your students, parents, and staff can have access to Pictavo’s Community Online portal where school yearbooks can be purchased and yearbook ads can be designed.  Ads are then imported directly into the Pictavo program by you, the yearbook administrator.  Please see the attached flyer for more information.Pictavo’s Community Online Portal will also contain …

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Digital Data & Image Format Guidelines For School Photography and Yearbook Publication

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Revised: March 3, 2011
The school picture industry offers a variety of products and services to students and schools. These are often used in conjunction with yearbooks and other products. A system that facilitates the easy combination of the products and services of different suppliers has a number of benefits.
Currently, individual students and schools employ photographers to take photos. Each of these image takers involves a photo lab or digital imaging firm to convert the exposed image into …

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Florida Sales Tax Rules for Yearbook Sales

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12A-1.038 Consumer’s Certificate of Exemption; Exemption Certificates.
(1) It is the specific legislative intent that each and every sale, admission, use, storage, consumption, or rental is taxable, unless such sale, admission, use, storage, consumption, or rental is specifically exempt. The exempt nature of the transaction must be established by the selling dealer. Unless the selling dealer shall have taken from the purchaser the required documentation as provided in subsections (3), (4), or (5) of this rule, the sale shall …

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InDesign Helpful Hints for Creating Your Yearbook

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These settings should be in place before you open a new document. Below is a list of quick tips that will help you when creating your yearbook.
 Creating a New InDesign Document
Under the File menu, choose Document Presets and Define. Click on Load. Locate the PDF Creation CD on your desktop and Open PROGRAM_TEMPLATES. Open the folder called ADOBE_INDESIGN, then choose InDesign_8.5x11_document.dsct (if printing an 8.5″ x 11″ book) or InDesign_9X12_document. dsct (if printing a 9″ x 12″ …

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Trademarks and Your School Yearbook

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What is a Trademark?
A phrase or a title cannot be copyrighted, but it can be trademarked. A trademark is a word, name, symbol, device, or any combination of these items used to identify a product by a manufacturer. Most trademarks carry one of these symbols ®, TM or SM. One of these phrases can also identify trademarked items: *Registered in the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; and *Reg. U.S. Pat. & T.M. Off.
Trademark protection means that these …

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Copyright Laws for Yearbook Advisers

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Copyright and trademark infringement can result in lawsuits. Copyright law was created to protect the artist, the creator or the holder of the copyright from unlawful use of their material. The responsible student journalist needs to understand copyright law in order to avoid costly fines and/or delays in publication.
What is a Copyright?
Copyright law protects the individual’s right to control the use of their intellectual property. Copyright law applies to literature, music, lyrics, plays, choreography, pictures, photos, sculptures, …

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EZBook: Installing EZBook and Java for Windows

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Before installing EZBook, please make sure that you have full administrative rights to the computer to ensure that the installation is successful. It may also be necessary to disable anti-virus software if it blocks the installation of new programs. If you will be using a school computer to create your book, you may wish to contact your IT department to confirm or review loading EZBook on the computer.
You may install EZBook either from the installation CD or from …

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Book Proof Authorization Instructions

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The  link below shows an example of a completed Book Proof Authorization Form. Please review both pages to review how this form should be completed. Thank you.
Download Book Proof Authorization Form
 

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Yearbook Resubmission Instructions

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IMPORTANT

YEARBOOK RESUBMISSIONS – IF YOU FIND NUMEROUS OR IMPORTANT MISTAKES ON YOUR PROOF YOU MAY NEED TO MAKE ALL OF THE CORRECTIONS AND RESUBMIT YOUR BOOK TO US.
If you are resubmitting your yearbook due to errors on the proof you MUST follow the instructions listed below:
PICTAVO and EZBOOK ONLINE USERS:
A. Email service@yearbooklife.com with the following information:

School Name
Job Number
Pictavo Administrators Name
Request to Reopen book for resubmission

B. …

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