Guides

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Tutorials

Quick Start Guides The guides below will allow you to quickly become familair and knowledgable about ESPOnline.  • Installation  • Quick Start  • Quick Search (Keywords)  • Advanced Search  • Sorting Search Results  • Centerstage Wizard  • Virtual Samples  • Print Alternatives  • User Preferred Supplier Rankings/Notes  • Corporate Preferred Supplier Rankings/Notes  • ACE (All Supplier Catalogs Electronically) Preferences The guides below will allow you to customize ESP Online to fit your needs and make ESP Online work for you!  • General Tab  • Print Tab  • View Tab  • Preferred Supplier Tab  • Old CenterStage  • Centerstage Templates & Labels  • Centerstage Themes  • Centerstage Saving & Sending Client Projects The guides in this section will show you everything you need to know about Client Projects.  • Quick Start  • Creating and Managing a Favorites Folder  • Organizing Folders within Client Projects  • Copying Products

Quick Start Guides

Installation
If you are new to downloading and installing programs from the internet, then you should view this tutorial.

Quick Start
From a quick search to creating a client presentation, this is the place to start!

Quick Search (Keywords)
A detailed look at how to most effectively use the ESP Online quick search

Advanced Search
Shows you how to unlock the true power of ESP Online.  The Advanced search can be effectively used by people of all computer/ESP experience levels.

Sorting Search Results
Learn to sort your search results to increase productivity.

CenterStage Wizard
This tutorial will walk you thru all the steps of customizing a Centerstage Presentaion.

Virtual Samples
In this tutorial you will learn a quick and easy way to create Virtual Samples.

Print Alternatives
Why waste paper when you can easily save your print jobs in an electronic format, then customize and email them to your clients.

User Preferred Supplier Rankings/Notes
This guide will demonstrate how individual users can post notes on suppliers and rank preferred suppliers.  Features include creating your own ranking system and sharing your notes with all ESP Online users in your company.

Corporate Preferred Supplier Rankings/Notes
This guide will demonstrate how a Corporate Administrator can post notes on suppliers and rank preferred suppliers.  Features include creating a ranking system and sharing your rankings/notes with all ESP Online users in your company. 

ACE (All Supplier Catalogs Electronically)
This guide will demonstrate how to browse through supplier catalogs using ACE.  Features include emailing, printing and saving catalog pages. 

Preferences The guides below will allow you to customize ESP Online to fit your needs and make ESP Online work for you!

General Tab
This demo will focus on the General Options in ESP Online.

Print Tab
Discover how to select fields from the product and supplier detail pages and add custom headings to your printed documents.

View Tab
This demo will focus on the View Options in ESP Online.

Preferred Supplier Tab
This demo will show how to set your preferred supplier ranking definitions.

Old Centerstage
This demo will show you how to set up an RTF Centerstage Presentation with the information you want to show along with your company information, logo and custom message.

Centerstage Templates & Labels
Watch this tutorial for instructions on setting the number of products per page and the data labels in your Centerstage Presentations.

Centerstage Themes
This demo reviews advanced options for setting colors, fonts and borders in your Centerstage Presentations.

Centerstage Saving & Sending
Learn how to set a default cover page, header & footer, and set saving & sending options for your Centerstage Presentations.

 

Client Projects The guides in this section will show you everything you need to know about Client Projects

Quick Start
See how to create a Client Project from beginning to end

Creating and Managing a Favorites Folder
During this tutorial, you will be shown how beneficial creating a Favorites folder can be to you. Having a Favorites Folder will allow you to quickly send out CenterStage presentations of frequently requested products.

Organizing Folders within Client Projects
This brief tutorial will show you how to create folders for each of your clients and how to create multiple projects within your client folders.

Copying Products
This brief tutorial will show you how to take products from an existing client folder and use them to create a CenterStage presentation for a different client.