Using Split Step
See how you can take traditional, text based documentation and turn it into something visual in just a couple of minutes.
Original Material
![Original Material](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/559/251/original/Original_Material.png)
Here is some documentation for Apple's Pages application. We are going to transform this into a visual tutorial. First, copy the text from the original lesson.
Create a Lesson In ScreenSteps
![Create a Lesson In ScreenSteps](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/559/253/original/Create_a_Lesson_In_ScreenSteps.png)
Create an new lesson in ScreenSteps and give it a title.
Create a Blank Step
![Create a Blank Step](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/559/254/original/Create_a_Blank_Step.png)
Paste Text
![Paste Text](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/559/256/original/Paste_Text.png)
Paste the text from the original document into the step.
Split the Step
![Split the Step](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/559/258/original/Split_the_Step.png)
The problem here is that we have text that describes four steps pasted into a single ScreenSteps step. So, we are just going to split it. Here I have placed the cursor at the end of the first step.
![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/559/260/original/media_1268258020851.png)
Right click (or ctrl-click on Mac) and select Split Step At Insertion Point. The step will be split wherever you have placed the cursor.
![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/559/261/original/media_1269010304822.png)
Here I have split each list item into its own step.
Add Images
![Add Images](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/559/263/original/Add_Images.png)
Click on the Replace Step Image icon and capture an image for that step.
![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/559/265/original/media_1269010381686.png)
Here you can see that I have added an image.
![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/559/267/original/media_1269010409945.png)
Now, reading through the text I can see that they actually combined three steps into one. So I will split it up a bit more.
![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/559/269/original/media_1269010438962.png)
Here you can see that I split the instructions mid-sentence.
Add Images, Annotations and Step Titles
![Add Images, Annotations and Step Titles](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/559/271/original/Add_Images__Annotations_and_Step_Titles.png)
Add annotations and step titles. I also reformatted the original text. All in all it took me about 5 minutes.
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