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How to Make an Ad

Published October 8th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If your school has offered yearbook ad sales and you would like to purchase one, we would like to provide you with the following guide to create a successful ad! If you have further questions or are stuck at any point, please call our Tech Support line at 888-926-6571 ext. 2. *Your school's yearbook advisor is responsible for placing your completed

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Uploading Photos

Published September 26th, 2024 by ECS Creative

There are multiple ways to upload your photos to EDO. The way we will be focusing on in this article is by using the Upload Tab. Below, we list the steps needed to successfully upload your photos using this method.  From your Home page select the Upload tab, then select the option that says Upload Photos from the dropdown menu S Step 1: Make sure yo

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All About Your People Page Index

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

In yearbooks and school photography, an ‘index’ (sometimes referred to as a PSPA or a PSPA disc) refers to the list of student names and corresponding photo file names that yearbook softwares use to flow your student portraits together onto your yearbook pages.PSPA stands for Professional School Photographer Association. This index usually comes in

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Creating Your Personalized Pages on LINK!

Published September 6th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If your school has applied the Personalized Pages upgrade, read the steps below that breaks down the process step-by-step for you to create those special pages for your student! In order to purchase a personalized page, you must first purchase a book. You cannot design and purchase personalized pages without a book purchase.  1. Sign onto link websi

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Yearbook Curriculum

Published October 17th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Every Yearbook team can accomplish great memories! The yearbook project can be treated like a class with a grade at the completion of the project. To explore our yearbook Curriculum and download lessons for your class just CLICK HERE!

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Late Book Orders or Post Approval Yearbooks Sales

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Allow your community to order their yearbooks, at any time.  Traditionally when you submit your book project for final approval, your online store will turn off and it’s required that you put in the total amount of books you would like to order which would include those orders placed online. With setting up Post approval sales for late book, this

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Photo Editing

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Check out this video on editing photos: If YouTube is blocked on your current browser, Click Here. If you need to edit photos in your yearbook, there are a few features in the designer that can benefit you. How to Edit Images: To edit a photo, you must first click on an image you have placed on the page, or place an image onto the page. You can plac

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Uploading Photos Through Email

Published October 17th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Check out this video on how to email photos directly into a photo category: Your browser does not support HTML5 video.   Uploading photos through email is a simple and quick way to get photo submissions from your yearbook community sent directly to categories in your account. If you would like to upload photos via email, first navigate to Manage Pho

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Sell Your Yearbooks With Book Inventory

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

You can sell a specific inventory of books. This feature is perfect for schools that only wish to sell a certain number of books, mainly for in-school distribution. In the “Approve for Production” stage Step -2 Price and Purchase Deadlines.    In the feature shown below, You will scroll to the bottom of the section where it will allows you to set th

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Adding a Student to Your Portrait Pages

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If you need to add a student to one of your existing portrait pages, start by opening the page you would like to add the student onto. Click on the People tab, and click on the Add Person option. The “Add Person” popup will appear. From here, you will see a blank new person template. Enter the student’s first and last name on the right. Then, check

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Page Numbering

Published October 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Adding numbers to your pages is no longer frustrating or time consuming. Any Admin/Yearbook Advisor who has access to the Yearbook Ladder can conveniently add numbers to their pages using simple or advanced options.  Go to the “manage” tab and click on “manage ladder” to find the Page Numbering button in the top left corner to get started. Turn on p

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How to use LINK: For Parents!

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Parents often have a lot of questions about how to use our LINK site to do things like buy books, design ads , and upload photos . The following links are documents our team at Entourage created for the parents and students in your school community. These documents will take them through a step-by-step process of how to use the features on our LINK

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Navigating EdoNext's Homepage

Published July 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Your yearbook home page is the first page you will see after selecting your project. It holds quick information such as your page count, your book sales, and the # of books you're ordering.  If you scroll down it also shows who is involved with this project as well as recently uploaded photos. You can also return to your previous page at any point b

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Video: The Top Tool Bar in EDOnline

Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

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How to access the EDOnline Page Designer.

Published September 27th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Watch this quick how to video on designing a page inside EDOnext: From your account’s home page: Navigate to the Design Tab in your main account dashboard. Click on the first option, EDOnline – Page Design, as shown below.          3. You will begin at the Welcome Page where you can see:   Helpful links to our E-Guides Your recent photo uploads and

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Setting Up LiNK Store for Photo Uploads and Yearbook sales

Published October 1st, 2024 by ECS Creative

What is LiNK? Entourage LiNK is a website designed to connect you to your school community. You can allow users to upload photos and content that you can use in your yearbook project. You can also use LiNK to sell your yearbooks online, and/or sell yearbook ads. You can also set up LiNK pages, which are web pages for your school sponsored by Entoura

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VIDEO: How To Insert and Edit Photos

Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

How to video on inserting and editing photos inside the EDOnline designer as well as some photo tips.  

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How to Flow 2 Classes on One Page

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Many schools want to flow 2 classes onto one page because of small class sizes, limited pages or they have AM and PM classes with the same teacher. To do so, layers are going to be your best friend! To begin, you are going to use the “Auto Grid” feature to create the layout you want for the first class. Once you generate the grid, adjust the grid on

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VIDEO: Pre-Flight Warnings in EDOnline

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

In this video, we explain text in overflow, fit to frame, and low-resolution warnings that appear when you save the page in EDOnline and how to fix them.

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People Pages - Frequently Asked Questions

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

1) Students don’t have names under their photos This is usually due to your data headers being labeled incorrectly. Try deleting all your People Pages data and re-uploading your index. You can delete your student data by clicking the Delete All People button located under manage people data. This button will highlight in red when you click it and as

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Video: How to Upload Photos on Link

Published October 1st, 2024 by ECS Creative

Below is a step-by-step video on how to upload photos using our Link application.  Watch Here:   Your browser does not support HTML5 video.

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Layers in Edonline

Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Understanding layers in EDOnline using the Frame Index tab, as well as Content and Background Layer.   Creating layers and assigning frames to these layers allows you to toggle them on and off for complete control of your frames. Using this technique helps with organization, and even allows to flow multiple classes on one page using people data.    

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Align and Arrange Tools

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How to make sure everything in your yearbook lines up. There are a few tools in the EDO designer that can help you make sure that everything is lined up in a visually pleasing manner. Text and photo alignment is a quick and easy step you can take to make your book look professional and well put together. In this article we will go over the best alig

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Entourage Color Guide

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

There are currently 36 different standard color variations that can be located in the EDOnline Designer that you can use to create and enhance your yearbook project. These colors can be used to fill shapes, add a border color, enhance text, and personalize each and every page within your yearbook project.   The colors that we currently offer within

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Using your Photos in the Designer

Published September 25th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Video on how to place photos uploading into the designer: You can insert an image onto your yearbook page in a variety of ways, such as using our CLICK-TO-CLICK feature, or using your photos as a background!  This article will also explain how to refresh your photo categories, upload photos from the EDOnline designer, insert a drop photo box as a

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Clone Your Yearbook

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

You can now copy old yearbook layouts into your current yearbook account simply by using Book Builder Please note: Cloning a previous year’s yearbook contents into your current account will replace all the contents on the pages of your current yearbook including the cover. If you have any designs or templates you would like to keep, please save thos

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Renewing Your Contract

Published October 17th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Work With Us Again! Have you enjoyed working with us this year? Would you like to renew your contract for another year? Awesome! To get your contract renewed and your next yearbook project set up, contact your Account Manager, whose contact is provided on the Manage Account page of your yearbook project. Your Account Manager will forward you a quick

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Video: Approving Your Books For Production

Published April 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Congratulations on wrapping up your yearbook project! In this guide, we will go over how to properly approve your project for us to print. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Where to Start: To begin the approval process, head over to the “Manage” tab, then click the "Approve for Production" button. NOTE: Only Admin logins will be able to app

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Clipping Images in EDO

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Easily remove the background from your photos to create masks, cutouts, or clipping paths – all done instantly with our clipping tool. Check out this video on clipping an image inside the designer: Your browser does not support HTML5 video. If YouTube is blocked on your current browser, Click Here. Step 1: On your yearbook page, place the image that

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Generating a PDF Preview of Your Book

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

You may decide that you would like to review the content you’ve added to your book so far, but don’t need a printed proof book right now. Entourage offers the option to generate a PDF Preview of your entire book as it currently looks. To do so, navigate to the Manage Ladder page of your yearbook project. Click the Preview Book button.  You will now

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Adding Staff and Users On the Website

Published October 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Check out this helpful video on adding users to your yearbook project: Your browser does not support HTML5 video.   If you plan on having multiple people work on your yearbook project, you will want to add them to the account so they can login with their own username and password. Follow the instructions below to learn how to add new yearbook staf

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VIDEO: EDOnline Basics & How To Make a Cover From Scratch

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

A two-part video on how to make a cover that’s right for you.  In these videos, we will go over cover dimensions and guidelines, provide an in-depth guide on each tool to get you started, Gather assets from outside sources, and more! Part One: Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Part Two: Your browser does not support HTML5 video.    

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Log In to the Website

Published July 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Once your yearbook project has been set up by your Entourage representatives, you’ll be ready to dive in and get started! If this is your first yearbook project with Entourage, follow the steps below to log into your account: Visit www.entourageyearbooks.com Click the Login button on the top-right corner of the page Enter your username and password

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Video: Page Guidelines in EDO

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How do you know what the guidelines on your pages inside Entourage Yearbook’s EDOnline designer mean? Here are some tips for best design practices  

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LINK Polls

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

LINK polls are polls to send to your students and/or families to gather information that can be used in your yearbook. Enter a title, description, and questions for your poll. To navigate to the polls select the Sell tab and choose Setup LINK in the drop down menu Next in the left menu, select LINK PAGES   You will now be directed to the Manage LiNK

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Setting Up Users on the Website

Published July 11th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If you plan on having multiple people work on your yearbook project, you will want to add them to the account so they can login with their own username and password. Follow the instructions below to learn how to add new yearbook staff members. 1. Select Manage Users from the Manage drop-down menu in your main account dashboard:   2. Click on the gre

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Templates, Elements, and Backgrounds

Published November 15th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. The Templates, Elements, and Background tools are the key design features we offer on EDOnline.  Each tool offers the same library of categories and themes to help you build your yearbook. You can also search for specific keywords in the search bar above the library.   If you find something you like and wan

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What Should I do first? - Website Quick Start Guide

Published July 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Welcome to the New Users Quick Start Guide :   We are thrilled to welcome you to the Entourage Family! If you're wondering where to start, this article is the perfect place. We'll cover logging in, deadlines, menu tabs, adding staff members, permissions, uploading photos, using your ladder, and managing your account. We believe these tools are ess

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How to Re-order yearbooks

Published January 28th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Reordering books has never been easier!  If you realize that many more people are looking to buy a book, you can log in to your current project, and you will see a green “Re-order more books” button.   (If you need to make changes to the book after receiving them, please reach out to your account manager) When placing your re-order, you will need to

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VIDEO: How To Design Personalized Pages

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How to design and purchase your student’s personalized pages inside the Entourage Yearbook’s LINK ad designer.

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Advanced People Page Tricks

Published November 26th, 2024 by ECS Creative

In this video, we go over the most frequently asked questions & features of people pages and people page data.We highly recommend watching the first People page video, which explains how to upload your data and flow your students: Importing and flowing People Data   Your browser does not support HTML5 video. In this guide, we go over how to : Ch

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Troubleshooting - Continued

Published November 15th, 2024 by ECS Creative

So you tried everything in “Troubleshooting Basics” and you are still having problems loading the designer or photos… We are here to help! Let’s go through some common issues, if photos are not loading… First, try copying and pasting the two URLs below in new tabs in your browser.URL: https://photos.entourageyearbooks.com/appservices/EDOImage.asp?im

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How to Create and Order Marketing Materials

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Here are the Steps to Create and Purchase Marketing Materials 1. Click on the CREATE tab in your main account dashboard and select Marketing Materials from the menu that appears. 2. Create a coupon code for free design materials! Did you know that most can get marketing materials for free? Just pay the for shipping*. Each account is awarded a certai

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Resizing Elements

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How to Resize Elements Click on an element such as a shape, picture box or text box. By clicking on the box with the Selection Tool, which appears as your default cursor, a series of blue dots will appear around the object.  Click and drag these blue dots to resize the image, as shown below.  To move an object, hover over the object until a hand cur

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Account Management Design Services

Published October 8th, 2024 by ECS Creative

What is AM Design services? T his is the option for schools to work with an Entourage Artist one on one to create a unique yearbook experience tailored to their needs. AM SPA services offers professional cover designing, collateral theme element designing, portrait page assistance, and can help polish off your yearbook design to ensure your yearbook

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Supported File Types

Published July 10th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Below is a list of file types we support through our uploader: Photo files: Video Files: Index Files:   NOTE – PDFs, videos, and image files can be uploaded by selecting Upload Photos under Upload. Index files can be uploaded by selecting Manage People Data under Manage.

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EDOnext Minimum Requirements

Published October 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Designing a yearbook can be frustrating and time consuming.  We would like to help you!  For the best and most optimum performance please follow these minimum requirements for using EDOnext : Internet Browsers we support:  Google Chrome: 50 or higher (RECOMMENDED) Download Here Firefox: 46 or higher (RECOMMENDED) Download Here Microsoft Edge: 24 or

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Follow Us on Social Media

Published August 23rd, 2024 by ECS Creative

Follow Us on Social Media This link below gives you access to all our social media accounts on all popular platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, X(formerly known as Twitter), TikTok, and YouTube. https://linktr.ee/entourageyearbooks Why Follow Entourage? Joining Entourage Yearbooks on social media is a way for anyone involved in yearbook creatio

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EDONext Requirements

Published September 20th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Designing a yearbook can be frustrating and time-consuming. We would like to help you! For the best and most optimum performance, please follow these minimum requirements for using EDONext: Internet Browsers we support: Google Chrome: 50 or higher (RECOMMENDED) Download Here Firefox: 46 or higher (RECOMMENDED) Download Here Microsoft Edge: 24 or hig

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Importing Photos From Your Google Drive using Gmail

Published November 6th, 2024 by ECS Creative

You can email photos from your Google Drive into a photo category of your choice!  The following steps will allow you to access and add your favorite school memories to your yearbook account directly from your Google Drive.  ( Note:  You will need to email your images as attachments in order to import to your photo categories.     From your Gmail ac

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Video: Setting Up Ad Sales with Entourage LINK

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Learn how Creating An Ad works You can set up your account to sell yearbook ads using Entourage’s secure online yearbook store, LINK! Ads, or dedications, can be designed and purchased directly through link.entourageyearbooks.com and is a great way to raise funds for your yearbook project. How to Setup Your

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(VIDEO) Adding QR codes to your yearbook, and using LINK Pages

Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Quick how-to video on creating QR Codes inside Entourage Yearbook’s EDOnline software.  We also demonstrate how to add LINK Pages to continue adding memories to the book even after production!   Since QR Codes are Fragile, here are a few things to note that are discussed in the video: The code needs to be readable as a square, so you cannot stretch

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Uploading Photos from your Phone

Published September 24th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Exciting new way to upload photos directly from your phone to your yearbook account. Scan the QR code on Manage Photos from your phone. This will auto take you to a photo upload. *The QR code will refresh every 60 minutes and uploads photos as the user you are logged in as on your desktop. Do not share this QR code. Select a Category, then browse yo

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Setting up your LiNK account for parents to use

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Check out these videos on how to turn on photo uploading and online sales from Manage LiNK:   If YouTube is blocked on your current browser, Click Here. If YouTube is blocked on your current browser, Click Here. What is LiNK! and how can I use it? LiNK by Entourage Yearbooks is a service to provide the ongoing “link” between your yearbook and your c

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How to Wrap Text and Use Limit Move Region

Published September 27th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Some more advanced options for text editing in EDO include using text wrap and limit move region in your yearbook project. In this article we will go over what each of these things mean and how to use them. Using text wrap To apply a text wrap, click on the object you would like your text to wrap around. This is usually an image or shape. Then, go t

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Creating People Page Templates with Auto Grid

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Align Your Photos in a Grid with our Auto Grid Feature Ensure that your frames are lined up quickly and easily by using the Auto Grid feature.  For those who want to create student templates – this would be the ideal tool to utilize.  Follow these steps to create your customized grid. Adding Auto Grid to Your Page In the page designer, click on the 

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Keyboard Shortcuts in EDONext

Published October 8th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Keyboard shortcuts can be useful when performing an action using the keyboard that would otherwise be accessible through constant clicking through menus using a mouse. Here are some EDONext shortcuts to help expedite common operations when designing your pages. ·       CTRL + C: Copy ·       CTRL + V: Paste ·       CTRL + (+): Zoom In ·       CTRL +

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Adding Custom Colors

Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

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Top 5 issues to look out for when Approving!

Published March 4th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Nothing is worse than realizing you spent all that time on the yearbook, only to realize you made a mistake somewhere after submitting  your book to us, so in this guide, we're going to go over the 5 biggest issues to look out for before approving for production.   5) Page numbering - did you add them in? Page numbering can be enabled by going to th

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Cover Upgrades

Published October 18th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If you’re looking to change the style of your cover this year, we have plenty of options available. Read below to find out more. There are four basic cover packages available: I. Classic Hard Leatherette Cover Standard Size: 8.5in x 11in Also available in Trim Size 9 – 9in x 12in for an added cost Leatherette Hard Cover Includes one 5″ foil stamp Av

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(Video) How to Upload and Flow People Pages

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. People page technology can be used to quickly create the student pages in your yearbook project. With our new people page technology, it is easier than ever to flow your students to templates that you have designed on your pages!  See the video below to flow your students:     Flow your students easily, wit

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VIDEO: How to Purchase a Yearbook on Entourage LINK

Published November 25th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Watch the following tutorial on purchasing a yearbook through our LINK app. See Below.

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Saving a Page as a Template, Accessing Last Years Pages & Templates

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If you created a page that you want to use multiple times in your yearbook project, you can save that page as a template so you don’t have to go back and recreate the page. In this article, we will go over how to save your page as a template, how to edit your template, and how to access last year’s pages. Create a Custom Template: Open a page in the

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Building your first page on EDOnline

Published November 26th, 2024 by ECS Creative

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Guide Lines

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Check Out this video that goes over page guidelines inside the designer: If YouTube is blocked on your current browser, Click Here . When you look at a blank page in the EDO designer, you will notice there are 3 lines on the page. Here is what those lines indicate: Safety Line : The Purple guideline is your margin which is also the safety zone. Any

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Grouping

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Select Frames to Exist in a Group Move multiple numbers of frames easily using grouping. To access grouping, you must first multi select the frames you would like to be grouped together, right click on your page to access the multi-select cursor.   Select the multi-select cursor, then click and drag the cursor across the page to select multiple fram

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Video: How to Make an Ad

Published September 30th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If your school has offered yearbook ad sales and you would like to purchase one, we would like to provide you with the following guide to create a successful ad! If you have further questions or are stuck at any point, please call our Tech Support line at 888-926-6571 ext. 2. Step 1:  First, you will need to navigate to our online store website, LiN

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Adding Comments

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

You can now leave comments to other yearbook staff directly on your pages.  1) Right Click on the page where you would like to leave the comment. Select Add Comment from the menu that appears.   2) Type in your comment, then click Add Comment.  Once you have added your comment, a Pin Icon will appear letting others know about the comment in the year

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Fonts Available in EDONext

Published August 29th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Here’s a collection of fonts available for use on EDONext.

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Video: Right Clicking in EDOnline (including MAC)

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

The EDOnline right click menu has important features.  If you are using a MAC, here is how to enable right click.   Here is how to enable right click on a track pad: Go to the Apple menu and select System Preferences.  Click on the Track pad pane.  Choose the Point & Click tab. Check the box next to secondary click. Click on the little down arro

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Copyrighted Materials in Yearbooks

Published October 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Copyrighted materials is copyrighted regardless of who makes it. If the image is generated on an AI platform that has copyright requirements, then clearly our service and our schools need to abide by those copyright requirements, regardless of it is is made by an AI or a person. A majority of AI image generation sites DO NOT have copyright require

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VIDEO: How To Move Pages

Published October 2nd, 2024 by ECS Creative

You’ve completed personalizing some or all of your pages, but you’re not satisfied with the location of the page.  You can either use our Simple or Advanced Page move features. (NOTE: this feature can only be used by staff members with Administrator status) . When moving pages you should plan and think about the following: Do I want to keep my page

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Pre-Flight Warnings!

Published September 25th, 2024 by ECS Creative

While designing your book, you may run into certain warnings when you attempt to save your page. If left unchecked, these warnings will also appear as you approve your page content in the Final Approval process. Heeding these warnings can make a difference in the quality of your yearbook. Here’s an explanation of some of the warnings you may see.  

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Dynamic Clipart (change clipart colors!)

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Change the color of clip art in EDOnline Select the elements tool and choose a category, or type in a keyword in the search bar.  Also, you can only change the color of a clip art that has a white star next to it.                                         By using the Quick menu while selecting the dynamic clipart, you can adjust the the colors shown

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Stickers: After Yearbook Delivery

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

After months of work, and reviewing the pages thousands of times your yearbooks have been printed and delivered to the school. You are flipping through and see something not quite right. What’s the best way to fix this without re-printing the whole yearbook? … Stickers! These stickers are specially made to match the design of the page, so they blend

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VIDEO: How To Save Custom Templates And Using Pages From Previous Years

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Save time by creating your own custom templates and reusing pages from previous year’s yearbook projects with Entourage Yearbooks. Your browser does not support HTML5 video.

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Planner Guidelines- Custom Pages & Covers

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

When it comes to creating your planners, here are some helpful tips to help you get started! For more info on planners, view our planner website here . Dimensions Large Planner (8.25″W x 10.75″H) Margins Top & Bottom = 0.625″ Margins Left & Right = 0.875″ Small Planners (5.5″W x 8.5″H) Margins All Sides = 0.625″ Custom Pages Understanding Pa

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How to Prepare for Your Webinar

Published October 2nd, 2024 by ECS Creative

If you have a scheduled webinar with your Account Manager, or you are experiencing technical difficulties on our website, an Entourage employee might request to do a screen share meeting with you using GoToMeeting technology. GoToMeeting’s software allows us to share our computer screens with you so we can demonstrate our website technology, as well

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Ordering Proof Books

Published October 18th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How can I purchase proof books? You can purchase proof books by using  virtual currency, known as Design Points. Most accounts are pre-loaded with Design Points. If you have run out of Design Points. How much does a proof book cost? Each proof book costs 3 Design Points, or $60 per book. What will my proof book look like? The cover of your proof boo

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Personalized Name Plates FAQs

Published September 6th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Color: All name plates will be silver Parent Ordering Process: After parents put in their student name and select to buy the book, they will be given the option to add a personalized name plate to their purchase.  If they choose to purchase one, they must type in the name they want on the plate EXACTLY how they want they want it to appear. Once they

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Foreign Language Font Map

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

We Offer a Variety of Foreign Language Fonts in EDO EDO has a few foreign language fonts available to you in the form of templates. The foreign language fonts we have available are: Korean Chinese Vietnamese Greek Russian Hebrew Japanese Adding a Foreign Language Font to your Project To access foreign language fonts, first click on the Template butt

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Lesser Known Designer Tips

Published January 7th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Learn how to : Create your own gradients Align your content Use the book builder Wrap text lock frames Create custom templates Use the grid feature Put frames in front of others Crop photos using photo fit settings And selecting multiple frames

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Undo and Redo

Published September 30th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Did you delete something on a page and want to get it back? Use the undo button! The Undo button is located on the top toolbar in the EDONext page designer, and the Redo button is right next to it. Clicking on the Undo button will reverse any edits you made on your page. Clicking the Redo button will allow you to recreate the last action that was un

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How to Enter the Yearbook Contest

Published April 23rd, 2025 by ECS Creative

Entourage Yearbooks National Yearbook Contest is one of the year's most anticipated events! Our yearbook council is excited to see the entries from all grade levels.  Before entering, we will break down the rules of entry and categories.  Entries: All entries must be the work of a school using Entourage Yearbooks as their 2025 Yearbook Publisher.The

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Troubleshooting - Basics

Published September 24th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If you are currently experiencing trouble with using EDOnline, please try the following steps to resolve the issue. If these steps do not resolve the issue for you, please call our tech support line so that we may further assist you. Browser Recommendations If possible, please use  Google Chrome or Firefox  as your internet browser. Many minor issue

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Entourage LINK App

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How to turn on permissions for the LiNK APP  In order to allow parents to upload via the LiNK App, the yearbook account admin will need to turn on permissions in the yearbook account. First they can go to the Sell tab then select Setup LINK Next select Mobile in the left menu In the Manage LINK- Mobile App page you can check off what you would like

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Upload Other Content (like PDF’s)

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

In addition to photos, you can upload other content to your yearbook account such as PDFs, documents, and videos. If you have multiple files over 50 mb, and your internet connection is not strong, then you may want to use our HighTail Dropbox ←               Please note that only PDF’s can be placed directly into the yearbook ladder. Videos may be e

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Using text in Your Yearbook

Published November 15th, 2024 by ECS Creative

For more information about text, watch this help video!  Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Adding text to your page is amazingly simple in the EDOnline designer. In this help page we will go over how to add a text box to your page, different ways you can edit your text, text wrapping, and text in overflow warnings.   How to Insert Text Open

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Endsheets and Inside Printing

Published September 26th, 2024 by ECS Creative

If you have chosen to take advantage of Entourage’s upgrade to design custom endsheets, or you are interested in this upgrade, the information below may be useful.  Whether you're trying to set up a big group photo, a dynamic skyline, or just a cool thematic design, Endsheets, and Inside printing is a great way to personalize your book! The big diff

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EDO Cursors Types

Published September 3rd, 2024 by ECS Creative

In EDONext, there are 4 different types of cursors you can use. You can find all the cursors by selecting “Cursor” in the top tool bar   Pointer:   The pointer cursor lets you select objects on your page. This is the cursor you will use for most of your design work.   Text:     The text cursor allows you to activate a cursor in a text box. If you cl

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Import Photos From Facebook/ Instagram

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

How to video on importing photos from your Facebook or Instagram profile into your yearbook project.

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Uploading Other Content (like PDFs)

Published July 16th, 2024 by ECS Creative

In addition to photos, you can upload other content to your yearbook account such as PDFs, documents and videos. If you have multiple files over 50 mb, and your internet connection is not strong, then you may want to use our HighTail dropbox. Please note that only images and PDF’s can be placed directly into the yearbook ladder. Videos may be embedd

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Creating Coupon Codes for LiNK Purchases

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

Each account is awarded a certain number of design points at the beginning of the year. You can conveniently convert your design points into coupon codes to be used at checkout in the LINK store. Here are the Steps to Create Coupons For Marketing Materials In your main account dashboard, click the Create tab and select Marketing Materials. Click the

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Tracking Online Sales

Published November 5th, 2024 by ECS Creative

This help page if for people who would like to keep track of their online sales. If you would like to know how to set up your online sales, click here. 1. To keep track of your online sales, go the ‘Sell’ tab on your top tool bar and select Manage Yearbook Sales 2. Click ‘Track Yearbook Sales’ on the left side menu. Track Sales. This let’s you see a

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Video: How to Get Started - Quick Starter

Published January 27th, 2025 by ECS Creative

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. If you're just starting and what to know some basic steps on where to get started, here is a quick guide to review every essential feature for building your book. After watching, feel free to browse our other guides for more in-depth tutorials on the following topics. We are looking forward to working with

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Using the Yearbook Ladder

Published September 24th, 2024 by ECS Creative

  Yearbook Organization Made Simple, explore the book planning ladder!   Your browser does not support HTML5 video.   Your yearbook ladder is a digital way of visualizing the organization of your yearbook. You can use it to preview the order of your pages, organize your yearbook tasks, assign pages to staff members, label your pages, and lock/unlock

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Uploading (and Managing) Photos

Published September 23rd, 2024 by ECS Creative

There are multiple ways that you, your staff, and your community can upload photos to your project. It is important to check the file type you are uploading, to make sure it is supported by our software. The following image file types are supported by Entourage Yearbooks: .jpg, .jpeg, .png and .heic. (Please note that attempting to upload content th

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