EQ Pro product configuration requires that:
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- templates are installed for the creative content,
- products are added and priced using the Setup Wizard,
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- the Folio Add-On option
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- is enabled via the Setup Wizard.
Once these settings are in place, the APM software will display options for customers to order EQ Pro products. All EQ Pro products are available for ordering on the Product Selection screen. A listing of the currently available EQ Pro products is as follows:featured in version 7.5 include the following:
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From the Product Selection screen, there are two ways to begin the creation of an EQ Pro product:
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When the Product Selection screen loads it will default to the By Product tab, displaying a panel of products that may be ordered. Use the arrows to on the left and right and left of the panel to navigate through the available products.
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You can also select the By Occasion tab to see a panel of products specific to occasions, such as holidays, birthdays, and weddings. Use the arrows to on the left and right and left of the panel to navigate through the available occasions. Once you have selected an occasion, you may choose from a list of products that have templates associated with that occasion.
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The next options vary depending on the product you have selected. EQ Pro products require additional selections to define the ordering parameters. For example, when ordering a Photo Book, selections must be made for the type of book, the size of the book, and the template theme before product creation can begin. Simply To order, simply follow the workflow and select from the options displayed on-screen.
At any time during the selection process, you may use the Breadcrumb Buttons at the bottom of the screen to backtrack to the previous selection, or all the way back to the product selection screen by pressing the Products button. Use the scroll arrows to browse through the options in the selected grouping.
Once the product selection navigation has reached a certain point (after a definable size and product type have been chosen), the last selection will require choosing a style or theme the photos to use for the product you have selected. The styles are grouped by occasion, and you can use the horizontal list at the top to scroll through and select the different occasion categories.
**Note: If you used the By Occasion tab at the beginning of the product selection, then that occasion will be selected in the list above the theme selection screen.
Once an occasion category has been chosen, use the arrows on the center left and right and center left to scroll through a large preview of the available template styles. When you are satisfied with these configuration options, press the large arrow button in the bottom-, right corner of the screen to access the Image Multi-Select screencontinue with product creation.
Next, you may be given the option to auto fill the layout pages for the product using the selected images by pressing the Autofill button, or you may press the Manual Placement button to choose and design each layout page manually. This screen may be skipped depending checking the box for Manually Place Photos, Autofill Photos, or Quick Autofill. The options available on this page will vary depending on the theme selected for the product and on your configuration settings. See Chapter 7 on configuring the Photo Folio Add-On Component for further information.
- Manually Place Photos will generate the book with empty layouts, and you will need to place photos into the photo boxes on all layout pages.
- Autofill Photos will use an algorithm to determine the best distribution of photos throughtout the product. You will still be able to make changes to the placement within the product.
- Quick Autofill will use the same settings as the Autofill option, but it will automatically adjust the size of the photo boxes to fit the photo rather than cropping the photo size. This setting may or may not be available depending on the product and theme selected by the customer.
Once the fill option is selected, you'll be prompted to select photos for your product. Use the Image Multi-Select screen to indicate which photos you would like to include for creating your EQ Pro product.
**Note: If an image is not selected on this screen, that it doesn’t mean you can’t won't be able include it in your EQ Pro product. The images that are selected here are merely placed at the beginning of the image selection list, while the unselected images appear at the end of the list.
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**Note: The Oldest and Newest tabs use the actual file creation date/time of the image file to determine the sort. On some cameras, this may differ from the date/time that the image was actually taken.
8. Use the tab options in the Show tabs to filter which thumbnails are displayed based upon the chosen method:
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