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Valued Creator
SRCBA
Posts: 41
Registered: 02-03-2011
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Unable to change text after saving project?

Can the text of a prject be changed after a print-ready file has been made?  I needed to obtain an ISBN to include on the Copyright page of the project and design the cover, so I went through the process of starting a project which required me to upload the text.  However, when I finally saved the project, it appeared to me that it was going to be available for distribution immediately -- and I absolutely did not want this because there will still minor changes to be made to the text.  Clicking on "revise" I could not find any way to change the text.  When I tried to delete the project, I was informed that it instead had to be retired.  So now I have a "retired" project with the Title, ISBN, cover and other information (price, etc.) that I want, but not the correct text.  Will I be able to create a new project using the same title?  Will I need a new ISBN?  Will I have to remake the cover?

Is there not some way to have a project "in the works" without locking in the text?

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Ken Anderson
Posts: 6,402
Registered: 02-11-2010

Re: Unable to change text after saving project?

First, unretire your project.
Next  mark the project for private access.
Then you have to modify your source document.
Once you have done that then revise your project and change the source files. This will require you to through the publishing wizard once again.

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Valued Creator
SRCBA
Posts: 41
Registered: 02-03-2011

Re: Unable to change text after saving project?

Thank you for your response.  I now see that after clicking "revise" I had then click the revise button on the next page as well.  Once the revision is complete will the former version be gone?

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NickPopio
Posts: 2,074
Registered: 02-17-2010

Re: Unable to change text after saving project?

SRCBA,
Yes, the new revision will replace the old one.
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Nick Popio
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