I want to assign content author rights for a particular user. Is that possible or should i create a new user with some other privileges. I am new to Sitecore. Can someone please help me. thanks in advance!
You can edit the roles of the existing user or create a new user and assign the below roles.
You can follow below post on how to create a new user and assign these roles.
Creation of new user in Sitecore and roles required for a content author
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