Make a step-by-step guide
Any take with clicks can become a guide: one numbered step per click, each with a picture and a line saying what was clicked. Start it from the library or the editor.
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Where to find it
- Library
- ⋯
- Make a step-by-step guide
- 1In the library, open a take’s ⋯ menu and choose Make a step-by-step guide.Or, in the video editor, open ⋯ and choose Step-by-step guide.
- 2The guide editor opens with a step for every click.Each step already has its picture and, where PointerCam could read it, a line like Click “Billing”.
- 3Read through the steps, change any words, then press Download.
To make a guide from the start, choose Guide before you record. See Record a guide instead of a video.
What you get#
- A step for each click, framed close enough to read the screen’s own text.
- A marker on what was clicked, and the rest of the picture lightly dimmed.
- A closing step showing where the task ended up.
- Sections named after the pages the steps are on.
- Anything hidden in the video stays hidden in the guide.
Read next
Find your way around the guide editorThe open step’s picture fills the middle, its words sit under it, the steps run along the strip below, and the column on the left sets the whole guide.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.Download or copy a guidePress Download and choose PDF, Word, a web page or Markdown. Or press Copy to paste the guide, pictures and all, into a document, a wiki or an email.Record a guide instead of a videoChoose Guide before you record. Each click becomes a numbered step, the take is recorded without your voice or camera, and it opens in the guide editor.
Something not working the way this page says? See Troubleshooting, or start from Getting started.