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# Get Started Videos & Resources

by [James Meenan](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/author/james-meenan), on Jun 8, 2020 4:51:22 PM

Our Get Started series is designed to help users learn how to use InspectionXpert and get the most out of their subscription. If you need help creating a custom Excel report or setting up InspectionXpert to import CMM results data, please [book a free 1-on-1 training](https://meetings.hubspot.com/john607/ixtraining). 

## Get Started

- [Quick Start Guide](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/quick-start-guide)
- [FAQs For New Users](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/common-problems-for-new-users)
- [Working With Poor Quality Drawings](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/working-with-poor-quality-drawings)
- [Set-up and fine-tuning of InspectionXpert's OCR](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/set-up-and-fine-tuning-the-inspectionxpert-ocr)

### Next Steps

- [Set Default Tolerances](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/custom-tolerances)
- [Set your Grid and Zone](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/set-your-grid)
- [Group/Ungroup Characteristics](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/group)
- [Multiple Quantity Characteristics](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/multiple-instances-of-a-characteristic)
- [Using OCR Extraction Modes](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/ocr-extraction-modes)
- [How does InspectionXpert use templates?](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/how-does-inspectionxpert-use-templates)
- [Revision Management](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/drawing-revision)

### Additional Balloon Options

- [An Overview of Ballooning](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/an-overview-of-ballooning)
- [Insert or Change a Characteristic Number](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/insertcharacteristic)
- [Create Balloon Number Sequences](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/how-do-i-create-different-balloon-number-sequences)
- [Balloon Numbers and Custom Numbering Sequences](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/understanding-balloon-numbers-and-custom-numbering-sequences)
- [Building and Editing GD&T features](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/building-and-editing-gdt-features)
- [Capture and Edit GD&Ts](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/gdtocr)
- [Edit Balloon Appearance](https://help.inspectionxpert.com/balloon-appearance)

- [Products](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/get-started-videos-resources#topics)
- [Recent](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/get-started-videos-resources#recent)
- [Archive](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/get-started-videos-resources#archive)

- [InspectionXpert Releases (42)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/tag/inspectionxpert-releases)

- [May 2026 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2026/05)
- [October 2025 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2025/10)
- [June 2025 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2025/06)
- [February 2025 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2025/02)
- [October 2024 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2024/10)
- [February 2024 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2024/02)
- [November 2023 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2023/11)
- [June 2023 (2)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2023/06)
- [May 2023 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2023/05)
- [June 2020 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2020/06)
- [January 2020 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2020/01)
- [November 2019 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2019/11)
- [May 2019 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2019/05)
- [April 2019 (2)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2019/04)
- [February 2019 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2019/02)
- [December 2018 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2018/12)
- [November 2018 (2)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2018/11)
- [August 2018 (2)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2018/08)
- [February 2018 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2018/02)
- [November 2017 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2017/11)
- [August 2017 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2017/08)
- [July 2017 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2017/07)
- [December 2016 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2016/12)
- [May 2016 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2016/05)
- [February 2016 (3)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2016/02)
- [January 2016 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2016/01)
- [December 2015 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2015/12)
- [October 2015 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2015/10)
- [July 2015 (2)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2015/07)
- [February 2015 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2015/02)
- [January 2015 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2015/01)
- [April 2014 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2014/04)
- [January 2014 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2014/01)
- [August 2013 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2013/08)
- [July 2013 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2013/07)
- [July 2012 (1)](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/release-notes/archive/2012/07)

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