This has been a successful launch!
Posted by: In: Press Release 28 Sep 2012 Comments: 0 Tags: , , , , , ,

September is coming to and end, and we are reaching the end of our launch.  Yearbooks Desktop is more popular than ever this season, as people are excited about inexpensive alternatives for their yearbook solution.

We’ve been strengthening our support system daily, by adding tutorial videos, and help articles on our support page.  Watch for new content every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday!

Are you following us on Twitter yet?  Did you know that you can launch support tickets from there, as well as facebook?  Whichever channel is most convenient for you, we’ll be there!

Do you recognize the header and footer used on this blog?  If not, you should learn about banners!  Learn about them in the help manual, or just try them out in the software!

 

New help articles have been added to our support site!
Posted by: In: Help and Tips 27 Sep 2012 Comments: 0 Tags: , , , , , ,

Instructions on how to move your pages around, as well as tips for working with two page spreads have been added to our support site!  The friendly support team at Northwestern Support Professionals is standing by to assist you with any questionDrag and Drop to move pagess you have about our software, and help you overcome and problems you encounter.  That’s why we invest so much time creating support forums, help documents, and tutorial videos to help you along your way.

Today’s featured articles?

New articles are added every few days!

Help videos posted for Yearbooks Desktop!
Posted by: In: Press Release 26 Sep 2012 Comments: 0 Tags: , , , , ,

Two new help videos posted for Yearbooks Desktop!  Check them out right here, or head to the video page.

Having trouble registering the software?  Here’s a short walk through of the registration process. You’ll need to get a registration code from your publisher.

Do you need to add, remove, or change the location of your page number? Here’s a quick video that will show you how to do just that!

Keep in mind that some publishers do not allow you to change the position of the page number. You’ll know that is the case if you do not see a ‘Custom Footer’ button on your page ladder.

Do you have suggestions for additional tutorial videos that you’d like to see? Let us know!

New solutions available on our support site!
Posted by: In: Uncategorized 25 Sep 2012 Comments: 0 Tags: , , , , ,

New candid related help document excerpts have been posted to our online support site.  Interested in learning about the new collage wizard?  Check it out here!  We’ve made huge improvements over last year’s collage wizard!

Candid images are a very important part of any yearbook.  Here’s a tip sheet to help you when creating your candids!

Yearbooks Desktop 2013 has launched!
Posted by: In: Press Release 24 Sep 2012 Comments: 0 Tags: , , , , ,

As we reach the beginning of 2013 and the long awaited yearbook season begins, we wanted to send you a quick note to bring you up to speed on our software.  We at Northwestern Support Professionals pride ourselves on providing quality software and support, and our experience is truly enriched by having the opportunity to work with like minded professionals.  It has been a pleasure to work with our existing customers, and we look forward to working with you for years to come.

We have been operating under Simon Smith’s ownership for just over one year now, and we hope that you’ll agree that it’s been a positive change.  We are committed to improving the services we offer, and have been working diligently to enhance our software.  This season we have updated our Yearbooks program with a newer more modern look, and have also implemented some new features, including optional inside covers (Front and back), and automatic package submission.

We are approaching the end of our development season, and have begun putting together the generic, and privately branded builds of the software.

To compliment Yearbooks, our flagship publishing solution, we have also updated and re-released a similar program, “Books.”  Books is set up very similar to Yearbooks, but it is designed more for church or corporate style directories.  Books handles horizontal as well as vertical portrait images and includes a roster creation feature to include all members of an organization or church.  As this is our first year with the new version of Books, we would like to offer you unlimited use of the program, free of charge.  For this season, you’ll be able to generate Books registration codes without affecting your credit balance, or incurring any charges!

Contact our team for details!  877-661-9990

Five Favorite Sources for Pirate Clipart
Posted by: In: Uncategorized 19 Sep 2012 Comments: 0

As you may know, it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day, which means it’s time to add a healthy dose of “Ahoy”s and “Yaaargh”s to our daily lexicon.

In the spirit of all things pirate and the daily battle to find great (and affordable) clipart, we thought we’d post a link to some of our favorite clipart sources.

So batten down the hatches and hoist the mainsails, here are our five favorite sources for pirate clipart.

  1. Openclipart.org – “The Open Clipart Library (OCAL) is the largest collaborative community that creates, shares and remixes clipart. All clipart is released to the public domain and may be used in any project for free with no restrictions.”. Nuff said? Probably the best resource available for public domain clipart (pirate clipart on OCAL)

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  2. CLKER.com – A clipart repository where all the images have been released by their author into the public domain. Similar to OCAL, CLKER offers a few extra choices to round things out. (pirate clipart on CLKER)

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  3. Wikimedia Commons – More for photographs, you can occasionally find something that’s been released into the public domain. (pirate clipart on Wikimedia Commons)

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  4. Clipart.com – With subscriptions starting from $14.95 for a single week (with a 250 image/week limit for downloads), Clipart.com is a fairly priced choice to ensure that there’s a slightly higher level of quality, just make sure to get your money’s worth and download your limit. (pirate clipart on Clipart.com)

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  5. Microsoft Office – Free is free. Microsoft Office provides free clipart for use in desktop publishing. (pirate clipart on office.microsoft.com)

Want more tips and tricks? Stay tuned to the Yearbooks! blog!