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ScreenSteps Documentation » Setting up a New Admin, Editor or Author on ScreenSteps Live » Comparing Manuals Between ScreenSteps Desktop and ScreenSteps Live

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  • 1. Setup Your Users and Connect Their Software to ScreenSteps Live 2
    • 1.1 How do I Create New Users?
    • 1.2 How do I Configure My ScreenSteps Software to Post to ScreenSteps Live?
  • 2. Downloading and Uploading Lessons/Manuals 4
    • 2.1 Quick editing a lesson
    • 2.2 How do I Download a Manual from ScreenSteps Live to my ScreenSteps Desktop Library?
    • 2.3 How do I Upload a Manual to ScreenSteps Live from ScreenSteps Desktop?
    • 2.4 Uploading a Single Chapter to ScreenSteps Live From ScreenSteps Desktop
  • 3. Keeping Your Local Manual in Sync with ScreenSteps Live 2
    • 3.1 Comparing Manuals Between ScreenSteps Desktop and ScreenSteps Live
    • 3.2 How do I Update My Local Manual With Changes From the Version on my ScreenSteps Live Account?
  • 4. Additional Information 1
    • 4.1 What Happens if Multiple People Edit the Same Lesson?

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Comparing Manuals Between ScreenSteps Desktop and ScreenSteps Live

This lesson will show you how to compare your manuals in your desktop with ScreenSteps Live. If you are working with multiple authors on ScreenSteps or you tend to work from multiple computers this lesson will show you a quick way to make sure that you are always working with the latest material before you start working on creating or updating content.

IMPORTANT - This feature requires ScreenSteps 2.8.7 or later.

Automatically Comparing Manuals

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If you want ScreenSteps to automatically compare your manuals with ScreenSteps Live each time you open it then open preferences and make sure that Compare manuals to ScreenSteps Live when first opened is checked.

Manually Compare Contents With ScreenSteps Live

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To compare your manual with ScreenSteps Live manually, right click on the manual and select Compare With ScreenSteps Live > Your Account Name.

Select Manual

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Now, each time you select a manual that has been previously uploaded it will be compared to the manual on ScreenSteps Live.

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If there are differences you will receive a notification.

Viewing Differences

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Any lesson or chapter that is different will have a yellow warning sign next to it. Hovering over the yellow icon will display a tooltip explaining what the difference is.

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