Add, join, leave out or delete steps
Add a step from any moment of the take, or one that is only words. Join two steps, leave one out of the document, or delete it.
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Where to find it
- Guide editor
- Steps strip
- Add step
Add a step#
- 1Press Add step on the strip.
- 2Choose A moment from the take, then pick the moment, or Words only for a step with no picture.
The new step goes after the open one.
Change a step#
The open step’s actions sit in the top corner of its picture:
- Leave this step out
- Keeps the step in the editor but out of the document. Press it again to put the step back.
- Join with the next step
- Makes one step of two: the first’s picture and line, with both steps’ words.
- Delete this step
- Removes it. The step next to it opens.
The same thing, clicked twice#
When two steps click the same thing a moment apart, Simple offers to tidy them: Make them one, Show me, or Make each one to keep both.
Read next
Move between steps and reorder themUse the arrows on the stage or the keys to move between steps. To reorder, press and hold a step on the strip until the steps wiggle, then drag it.Step headings and textEach step’s heading is written from what you clicked, marked Automatic. Type over it to make it yours, add text under it, and add a tip, a warning or a note.Choose and mark up a step’s picturePick the exact moment a step’s picture is taken from, and add arrows, text and shapes to it with the screenshot editor’s tools.
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