How To Use Scribd

How to Use
Scribd
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What is
Scribd is the largest digital library in the world.
Bigger than the Library of Congress
And the British Library
Think of it as a public library where you have access to lots of books, articles, theses and other printed materials.
But what makes it different is that its always accessible by
As they say, open 24/7
Actually, its
than a public library in the real world.
Coz in Scribd, you cant only search and browse, but also upload, share and rate all kinds of documents.
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It is the worlds largest reading and publishing site.
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In Scribd, when you upload a document, you become an instant publisher.
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You get to reach an audience of 90 million people from all around the world who use it.
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You get to turn your document into HTML5 that you can embed on your website.
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You get your content indexed by Google and other search engines,
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Make your content social and get distribution on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks.
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With Scribd, you can make money by selling your content.
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You make your content readable on iPhone, iPad, and other mobile devices.
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And, you get detailed stats on readership of your content.
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Heres what you can publish in Scribd
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To join these key publishers.
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No kidding
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Are you all set to explore Scribd?
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First, go to your browser
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Type www.scribd.com
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You see the Scribd homepage
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Click Sign Up if you have no existing account
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You will see this screen
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Click Login with if you want to
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Or sign up without Facebook
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For this tutorial, lets choose Sign up without Facebook
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After filling in the fields, click Sign Up
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You will see this
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Notice your stats
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And your Social Feed
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Scroll down to choose users to follow
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Lets try this
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Hover your mouse over Browse
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Click Self-help
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You will see this
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Click Filters
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You will see this
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Click All Sub-categories
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You will see this panel
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Lets try to click on a free book
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You will see this
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You have the option to Download or print or Add to Collection
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You will see this if you click Add to collection
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Click Create a new collection
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You will see this
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Fill in the required field
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Click Change Privacy Settings
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Click Private
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Click Create
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Now you have 1 item in your Private collection.
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You can also Add NoteJust click on it.
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Type in your note
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Click Post Note
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Heres your note at the bottom of the document.
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FYI, username or display name can be changed.
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To go to home page, click Scribd on upper left corner of the current page youre at
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Your home page will show Recently Read
I browsed the other two documents also.

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Now, lets try to upload a document.
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Click Upload
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You will see this
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Click Select Files to Upload
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Drag the powerpoint file to the box
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You will see the file Uploading
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You will see this afterwards
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Fill up the required fields
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Click Save & Continue
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Youre done. View document on Scribd, or share your content.
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Theres an option to Upload files from the cloud.
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Click Pick Files
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You will see this
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Click Dropbox
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This will appear
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Click Connect to Dropbox
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This will appear momentarily
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Then you will see this. Sign in.
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Once signed in, you will see this
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Click Allow
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This will appear
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Click on the file to be uploaded
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Click Upload
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Wait until the process is finished so you can click Save& Continue
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Lets say we want to upload a file from Gmail. Click Gmail.
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You will be directed to Google and asked to sign in.
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Then your messages with attachments will appear
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Click financial forecast
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Click Financial Forecast
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Click Upload
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This is my document which I marked private. Click Save & Continue
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When viewed, heres my Private document
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Later when you want to edit it, just click Edit.
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You will see this page
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Explore these tabs to know more.
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You can also Upload Revision without losing your stats. Click it.
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You will see this. Scroll down
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Until you see this part.
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Click Upload a new revision
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You will see this. Click Choose File.
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You will see this. Click the file.
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Theres the file. Click Upload.
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This will appear
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Once uploaded, this will appear.
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You can also make it public by clicking Public.
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Od click Delete if you want to delete it.
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Heres another feature of Scribd
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Click Get Started
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You will see this
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Here you can create your document
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When youre done, click Submit to publish your document.
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When you scroll down to the bottom of any page,
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You will see this
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Click Premium Reader
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You will see this
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You can also Advertise with Scribd if you want to
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Just click on any of these tabs to know more about Scribd.
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An important feature of Scribd that we should not miss is Embed.
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Its an amazing feature that makes this tutorial viewable on my website.
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How does it work?
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Well, you may be aware that this tutorial was initially in PowerPoint.
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Which I converted to PDF format.
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Why? Because I dont want it to be editable once published.
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Unless you try some tricks, but thats another story.
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For example, this PPT. Lets convert it to PDF
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Click File
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Click Save As
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Click dropdown arrow to display file types
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Click PDF
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Click Save
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Voila! The file in PDF format!
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This PDF file is what we will upload in Scribd.
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Weve done this before, you know it already.
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Once uploaded, you will see this
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Now, click Save & Continue
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Click Preview in a new tab
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It will open in a new tab.
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Click Embed
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This will appear. Notice that its in HTML format.
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You can choose the size and other options
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Lets try 600 x 800 in Scroll style
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Click on the HTML code
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Press CTRL+C to copy code
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Go to your website where you want to embed the code.
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Please note that Im going to my hosted WordPress blog.
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And paste the code in Text or HTML tab (never Visual)
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Click Publish
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There, its viewable on my site!
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Its scroll style but if you want to view it in slideshow, click this.
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It will open in a new tab in slideshow style.
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theultimatedreamva.wordpress.com
How about the first tutorial I uploaded today? How did I upload it on my FREE Wordpress blog? Yes, here at
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Heres how
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Click on Embed.
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This will appear. Click on Wordpress.
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This will appear.
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Click on the code.
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Im okay with these defaults, anyway.
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Press CTRL+C to copy the embed code.
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On my Wordpress blog now. Click on Text
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Scroll down to the end of the content.
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Paste the embed code here.
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Click on Update (Publish if its a new post)
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And here it is on my blog!
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With a very cool website like Scribd, how can any user not be happy?
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Those who will not read are no better off than those who cannot read. Jim Rohn
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Scribd is the largest digital library in the world.

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Bigger than the Library of Congress

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

And the British Library

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

But what makes it different is that its always accessible by

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

As they say, open 24/7

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

than a public library in the real world.

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

It is the worlds largest reading and publishing site.

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

In Scribd, when you upload a document, you become an instant publisher.

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

With Scribd, you can make money by selling your content.

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

And, you get detailed stats on readership of your content.

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Heres what you can publish in Scribd

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

To join these key publishers.

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Are you all set to explore Scribd?

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

First, go to your browser

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

You see the Scribd homepage

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Click Sign Up if you have no existing account

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

You will see this screen

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Click Login with if you want to

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

Or sign up without Facebook

Copyright 2013 TheUltimateDreamVA.wordpress.com

For this tutorial, lets choose Sign up without Facebook

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After filling in the fields, click Sign Up

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You will see this

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Notice your stats

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And your Social Feed

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Scroll down to choose users to follow

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Lets try this