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      Walkthrough: Getting started with Lumin

      A comprehensive guide for new users to quickly set up their Lumin PDF account, understand key features, and begin editing, sharing, and collaborating on documents.

      Lumin is a digital toolkit designed to make document management easy. Read, share, and edit PDFs - as lightly or as heavily as you like - from any device.

      Lumin is purpose-built for collaboration in a shared digital workspace and is therefore fully integrated with Dropbox and Google Workspace (including Gmail, Google Classroom, and Google Drive).

      🚀 Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to get started quickly:

      1. Head to the Lumin website. 
      2. Create an account by clicking Sign in or Try for free.
        1. You can create an account using your Google, Microsoft, or Dropbox credentials. If you prefer, you can also sign up using your email address.
      3. Once you’re signed up and logged in, you will automatically be sent to your dashboard. It looks like this:

      You can now upload, share and edit documents either on your own or in real-time with a team.


      On a Business and Enterprise plan, your dashboard can provide insights on the documents you and others have uploaded, annotations that have made, and more. 

      If you're collaborating with your team, adding comments will be an important part of Lumin. Here's how you do it:

      1. Select the Comment option on the toolbar.
      2. Click on the page where you want to add comments. A comment icon and a text entry box will appear.
      3. Type your comment and click Comment.

      FThe notification section allows you to stay up-to-date with actions and messages from colleagues.

      You can also add signatures in Lumin.

      In the editor, click the Fill & Sign tool group and then select the Signature tool. Alternatively, press 'S' on your keyboard.

      If you find the eSign tool is a significant part of your workflow, we suggest using our dedicated signature workflow tool Lumin Sign.

      From the Lumin home page, click Sign. Open a document uploaded in the Workspace or upload one by selecting Sign securely.

      Lumin also offers a number of other features, such as the ability to merge multiple PDF files into one, split a PDF file into multiple files, rotate pages, add watermarks, and more.

      Choose your Lumin plan here.