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AUTHOR TUTORIAL ....................................................................................................... 4
Author Software Requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Registering with the Publications EM Site .................................................................................................................. 4
Duplicate Registration Check ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Possible Outcome of Duplicate User Test .................................................................................................................... 5
Registration Process ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Custom Registration Questions .................................................................................................................................... 9
Multiple E-Mail Address Request ................................................................................................................................ 9
Logging In ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
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Select Article Type ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
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Uploading arXiv Files from the Los Alamos National Laboratory ............................................................................ 33
Author PDF Approval .................................................................................................................................................. 35
Fees and Payments ........................................................................................................................................................ 35
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Other Fees .................................................................................................................................................................. 39
Additional Views of the Fees and Payments Page .................................................................................................. 40
Tracking the Progress of a Submission ....................................................................................................................... 41
Other Author Access to Submissions ......................................................................................................................... 42
Managing Other Authors ............................................................................................................................................ 44
Submitting Revised Manuscripts ................................................................................................................................. 45
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File Inventory ............................................................................................................................................................. 45
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Respond to Reviewers ................................................................................................................................................ 46
Decline to Revise ........................................................................................................................................................ 47
Reinstate a Declined Revision .................................................................................................................................... 47
View Decision ............................................................................................................................................................ 47
Invited and Commissioned Papers .............................................................................................................................. 47
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Viewing Correspondence History ................................................................................................................................ 48
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Artwork Quality Check ................................................................................................................................................ 50
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