Welcome to Atticus. We're so excited to have you join
our amazing community of Atticus authors. You have invested in a book
writing and formatting software that is going to revolutionize
your publishing process. With every piece of new technology
comes a little bit of a learning curve. But we've done everything possible
to make Atticus as user friendly as it can be in this very quick
tutorial. We'll walk you through the steps
of installing, uploading your manuscript, formatting it,
and exporting it into publish ready files. This is just a quick start
guide to give you the lay of the land. And we have many more tutorials
for you to explore later on. But for now, let's dive
in and get a quick look at Atticus. Once you've purchased Atticus, you'll receive an email
to create your account. If you don't see it right away,
try doing a search of your entire inbox, including folders like promotions, spam
and junk for the subject line, Create your Atticus Account or the from email, hello@atticus.io click
the button that says Get started with Atticus
and it'll open up in your default browser. Now you can set up your password,
your login will always be your email address. Once that's done, you'll redirect
to the main Atticus dashboard. You can use Atticus on any web
browser of your choice by logging in to app.atticus.io from any device
that's convenient to you at the time. If you plan on moving between devices,
it's important to remember to fully log out of Atticus on one device
before logging in on your next device. This will force sync all your hard work
and make sure it's ready to go on your next device
to completely log out. Click the profile icon in the top right
and then the log out link. You'll know you're successfully logged out when you've returned to the login screen. If you find working in a browser too
distracting, you can also download
and install an app version of Atticus. This will always be tied to your browser,
but it will open in a standalone window. The app version is not compatible
with all browsers and we highly recommend using Chrome
if and when possible. If you're logged into Atticus in the top
right, you'll see an install button. Click this to install
and open the app instantly. Every device is going to be a little bit different
and depending on your operating system. Browser and extensions. If this button is not working for you,
you can also look in the browser bar to find a similar icon. It'll prompt you to install Atticus
and again open up the app automatically. If you're on a mac, you may want to move
the file from your Chrome Apps folder to your applications
folder on most Window and MAC devices. You can also right click on the icon
in your taskbar when the app is open and running and pin it
there for easy access in the future. Your home
dashboard will be simple to start, but will eventually fill up with any books
that you've created or uploaded with the most recently worked on books
showing up first. You'll always have the following options. Upload a book to import a document
you've already started or completed. Start a book to begin a new book from scratch in Atticus or create a box
set to compile previously formatted books inside
Atticus into a set. You'll always find a convenient link
to our tutorials page if you need help with any writing
or formatting, feature or technique. If you want to start with a practice book, check out the link below to try Little Dog
Ready. There will be a download option for you. As a important note,
we do not recommend copy and pasting content from other programs
into your Atticus book as that can bring with it
problematic hidden coding which may cause trouble
with the formatting. Whenever possible we recommend either
writing directly in Atticus or importing a docx file. Once you have a book or book
started like you see here, you can click on the three dots beside the title and time stamp
to delete your book or duplicate it. If you scroll down the home page,
you'll find your master Pages gallery. Once you've created Master Pages,
they'll appear here. You can click the thumbnail image to open
and review the page, or you can click the three dots to rename the page,
sync to all books or delete the page. If you click see all to the top
right of your book thumbnail images, you'll be brought to the
My Books dashboard. From here you can see all books and master pages,
which we'll get into more later. To the right, you can search for a specific book
by title or organize your dashboard. By recently added date modified
alphabetically or the product or version. All details you set
according to your needs and preferences. You can also view everything either in the default grid view
or change it to list view. If you prefer. When you're ready to work on a book, click on the title
or cover from your dashboard. This will bring you straight
to the writing page where you can dive into writing
or adding to your manuscript. You have the left navigation pane
where you can organize all your pages and chapters. The toolbar along the top offers
all the text formatting tools you can use in your content. Along
the bottom of the screen is the status where you'll see a variety of important
informational points and tools. Your saving saved notifications,
the ability to export to Docx, the sprint timer
and your word count. To the far right, we have more tools
for your writing comfort. The editor settings allow you to set
the preferences for the content editor. This is for your benefit. While writing in Atticus, these settings will not export
to the final version of your book. Only the formatting settings
will influence your final product. There's also a find and replace tool,
a place for you to set your goals and track your writing habits. And a smart quotes applicator. If you'd like to see the preview
while you write, you can click the preview icon in the bottom right corner
to open the preview panel. You'll now see your navigation
panel on the left, your work in the center of the page and a preview of what
the chapter looks like on the right. You can add new chapters by clicking
the Add chapter button at the bottom of the left navigation pane,
or you can add front or back matter pages by clicking the three dots and selecting
what type of page you want. You can also drag and drop your chapters
anywhere they need to be in the left navigation pane. You can save master pages or import
chapters from additional docx files here. Once you're finished writing and editing,
you can click formatting from the top center to start
choosing your formatting preferences. You can either start from scratch
or choose one of the Atticus designed themes
and customize it to your liking. You can customize
and save all the following elements, including chapter heading, paragraph subheadings, scene breaks, notes, print, layout, typography,
header and footer and trim sizes. We have a complete step by step tutorial
to help you design a unique theme of your own,
along with many other helpful tutorials to help you master
all the features Atticus offers. This is just a quick start. Look at everything there is available when you are ready
to export your fully formatted book. You can choose from epub or PDF
under the previewer in the formatting tab. The files
Atticus experts are ready to publish using any major publisher,
including KDP and IngramSpark. You can also click edit book details
in the top left. Next to your book's title. For more export options,
if you'd like a backup copy or a version of your manuscript
to share with editors. You can also export to docx here. Atticus is both a writing
and formatting program, so the special features you add
to the design elements of your book will not be recognized by word of the
important content in chapter breaks, etc. will be exactly where you need them to be. This is perfect for an editor. Atticus automatically saves your work
every few characters, but if you'd like an extra layer
of protection, you can press the download Snapshot button to force
sync your book to our secure servers and download a json file,
which can be used to restore your account if anything
out of the ordinary were to happen. Also in the Edit Book Detail section,
you can update various book and publisher details
as well as upload your e-book cover image You can click the Atticus logo or home
icon in the top left at any point
to go back to your home dashboard. If you press the backup content
or saved button from here, it will for sync your entire account
and the JSON file that downloads will be a backup of all of your books
currently saved in Atticus. Clicking the profile icon
and logging out of Atticus completely will also automatically backup your
entire account and sync it to the cloud. If you've already formatted
multiple books in Atticus and you'd like to combine them
into a boxset, this is an incredibly quick
and easy process. From your home
dashboard, click create a new boxset. Select the books from your account
that you would like included clicking in the order
you'd like them to appear in your boxset. Click next and enter the details
for your new boxset. Atticus will compile all selected books
into a single file for you. It will automatically generate
front matter for the boxset as a whole, but if you click the title
of an individual book from the Left Navigation panel, you'll find each book
also has front matter including an individual title, page,
copyright page, and table of contents. You're welcome to keep or remove these details for each book as suits
your box set needs. Using the left navigation pane,
you can hide or show all the chapters for each book
using the arrow next to the volume title. You can set your theme
for the entire boxset just like you would if working on a single book. Make any other small adjustments
and then export the file into a single PDF
or epub, ready for publishing. For more tutorials and instructions,
we have a variety of helpful resources to choose from depending
on your learning style preferences. The first step we recommend
is our tutorials page. All the most common needs for Atticus
authors are addressed here. We also have a YouTube
channel and Facebook community with further
live demos and community interaction. If you're still stuck, head over
to our support page and send our amazing customer Success team a message
and they'll be glad to help. On behalf of the entire Atticus team,
we welcome you and wish you all the best of success with your writing, formatting,
and of course, publishing.
