Recent Updates
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Creating Tutorials of ScreenSteps
Updated on: Aug 19, 2022
Sometimes people want to create a ScreenSteps lesson about how to use ScreenSteps. That can be a little tricky because of the way ScreenSteps works. For those of you who want try though, here are some ways to approach it.
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Configuring PostgreSQL to Accept Connections From Computers on Your Network
In order for computers to connect to PostgreSQL server on the computer you installed it on you need to configure PostgreSQL to allow it.
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Creating a Login Account for ScreenSteps Workgroup
It is a good idea to create a PostgreSQL login role specifically for ScreenSteps Workgroup to connect with. These instructions will show you how.
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Opening the pgAdmin Tool
Updated on: Aug 19, 2022
The PostgreSQL installation includes an administration tool named pgAdmin III. These instructions will show you where to locate the application on Windows and OS X.
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Create a Workgroup Library
ScreenSteps Workgroup allows you to configure multiple libraries for each installation. You can the control who has access to a library by assigning groups to it. This allows you to have different documentation projects within your organization.
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Refreshing the Lessons and Manuals to see Additions Made by Other Authors
Currently ScreenSteps Desktop does not update your display when other authors add lessons to the library. You can manually refresh the list of manuals and lessons using the Refresh button in the bottom left-hand corner of the window.
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Checking Out a Lesson or Manual When Another Author has it Checked Out
<p>ScreenSteps allows an author to check out lessons or manuals that another author has checked out. This is useful if the other author is not available to check the lesson or manual back in.</p> <p>Note that besides the method shown here you can also override another author using the contextual... -
How to Check Out a Manual for Editing
<p>These instructions will show you how to check a manual out so that you can edit the title and outline. Note that you do not need to check out a manual in order to edit a lesson in the manual. Just check out the lesson.</p> <p>If you need to check out a manual that is already checked out by an... -
How to Check Out a Lesson for Editing
These instructions will show you how to check a lesson out so that you can edit the contents.
If you need to check out a lesson that is already checked out by another user then refer to this lesson.
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Installing PostgreSQL on OS X
A standalone installer is available for the PostgreSQL database. To download the installer for OS X visit http://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx.