Transcription Admin Guide

Creating a Transcription Document

A transcription document must be created first. Then related transcription pages are attached to a saved document.

1. Click the ‘Add content button’ in the upper right when you hover over the up arrow:
   
2. Click on ‘Transcription Document’
   
3. Enter the full Title
   
4. Enter the Friendly Title or short title
5. Choose the Difficulty
6. Click Choose file.
   • In the dialog box browse to the file name that corresponds to the ARC ID col.
   • For documents with num pages > 1, chose the *-1 file

   (Optional: Click Upload to change default alt text)

7. Set the Publication Date from the drop down menu
8. Now set the National Archives Identifier with the ARC
9. Add the URL
10. Click Save

Create a transcription page

1. Create a Document Page by going to the ‘Add content’ page then clicking ‘Transcription page’
   
2. Skip the body field
3. In the ‘Transcription Document’ field find the right document that you just created. The field is set to autocomplete begin typing the full title and find the correct document
   
4. Upload the file corresponding to the correct page number
   (Optional: Click Upload to change default alt text)
5. Enter the Page Number associated with the uploaded file
6. Click Save
7. Repeat for each page in the document until all pages are in the system