• Getting Started

      • Logging into SwipeGuide

        • Open the link to your Platform in your Chrome browser 

          The login page will open

        • Enter your Email and Password, then click Login

        • Your Instruction CMS will open showing you an overview of existing Guides on the Platform

    • Creating guides

      • Creating a guide | start-to-end

        • Go to the main menu click on "Guides"

        • Click '+' to start creating a Guide

        • Enter a title for your Guide

        • Click the language dropdown menu to select the language of your choice to write your Guide

        • Click the Team dropdown menu to select the team you're creating the Guide with

        • Click the Tags dropdown menu to select the tags related to your Guide

        • Click the media icon to upload a cover picture for your Guide

        • Upload a cover image for your guide & click on ADD

        • Click "Save draft" to save all the information of your Guide cover

        • Click 'CREATE THE FIRST INSTRUCTION' to start creating instructions in your Guide

        • Enter your first instruction title & click SAVE

        • Click the media icon to upload a cover image for your instruction

        • Hover over your instructions and click "EDIT STEPS"

        • Click "+New step" to create the first step of your instruction

        • Enter your instructional step content and then click "SAVE"

        • Click the media icon to upload a picture for your step

        • Click the "+" icon to go & create the next step

        • Create all the steps of your Instruction

        • Click "Back to overview" to check the flow of steps in your instruction

        • Double-check to see if your instruction contains all the necessary steps to take the end-user from the initial state to the desired goal of the instruction.

        • Click "Guide overview" to go back to the overview of all content within this Guide

        • Enter all your instruction titles one by one to create the entire structure of your Guide.

        • Click "New topic" to create a topic within your Guide

        • Enter your topic title in the corresponding field

          then click "SAVE TOPIC"

        • Grab an instruction by the handle to drag and drop it into the topic you want & organize them in a logical order.

        • Click "+ New checklist" 

        • Enter the Checklist title and click SAVE

        • Click the media icon to upload a cover picture for your Checklist

        •  Click "EDIT CHECKS" to create your Checklist

        • Click "+NEW CHECK"

        • Write under each Check what needs to be checked & upload the picture showing users what should they be looking for

        • Grab Checklists & Instructions by the handle to drag & drop them, and organize them in a logical order within the Guide.

        • Publish your Guide by clicking "Publish"

      • Creating your guide structure

        • Go to the main menu click on "Guides"

        • Click '+' to start creating a Guide

        • Enter a title for your Guide

        • Click the language dropdown menu to select the language of your choice to write your Guide

        • Click the Team dropdown menu to select the team you're creating the Guide with

        • Click the Tags dropdown menu to select the tags related to your Guide

        • Click the media icon to upload a cover picture for your Guide

        • Upload a cover image for your guide & click on ADD

        • Click "Save draft" to save all the information of your Guide cover

        • Enter all your instruction titles one by one to create the entire structure of your Guide.

        • Click "New topic" to create a topic within your Guide where you can then bundle tasks that are related to each other

        • Enter your topic title in the corresponding field

          then click "SAVE TOPIC"

        • Enter all your guide topics one by one to create the entire structure of your Guide

        • Grab an instruction by the handle to drag and drop it into the topic you want & organize them in a logical order.

      • Creating an Instruction in your Guide

        • Click 'CREATE THE FIRST INSTRUCTION' to start creating instructions in your Guide

        • Enter your first instruction title & click SAVE

        • Click the media icon to upload a cover image for your instruction

        • Hover over your instructions and click "EDIT STEPS"

        • Click "+New step" to create the first step of your instruction

        • Click "+New step" to create the first step of your instruction

        • Enter your instructional step content and then click "SAVE"

        • Click the media icon to upload a picture for your step

        • Click the "+" icon to go & create the next step

        • Create all the steps of your Instruction

        • Click "Back to overview" to check the flow of steps in your instruction

        • Double-check to see if your instruction contains all the necessary steps to take the end-user from the initial state to the desired goal of the instruction.

        • Click "Guide overview" to go back to the overview of all content within this Guide

      • Creating a Checklist in your Guide

        • Open an existing Guide or start creating a new one

        • Click "+ New checklist" 

        • Enter the Checklist title and click SAVE

        • Click the media icon to upload a cover picture for your Checklist

        •  Click "EDIT CHECKS" to create your Checklist

        • Click "+NEW CHECK"

        • Write under each Check what needs to be checked & upload the picture showing users what should they be looking for

        • Optional: create more Checklists if needed

        • Optional: grab Checklists by the handle to drag & drop them, and organize them in a logical order within the Guide

        • Publish your Guide by clicking "PUBLISH"

      • Editing your media

        • Click on one of your Step's media or media icon to open the media editor

        • Upload media through Drag and Drop or Browse your computer or Copy and Paste in the accepted file format

        • Click "Edit image" for the following actions

          • crop image
          • change focus
          • rotate image
          • scale image to the SwipeGuide framework
        • Move the side handles to crop your image

        • Move the circle from the middle of your image to where you want to bring the focus

        • Click "Scale selection" to fit your picture into the framework of the Platform

        • Check how the media looks like for your end-users in different places of your guide by changing the view

        • Click "Save" when you finished editing your media

        • Click "Add shapes" to point users to specific information in your image

        • Click "Duplicate Image" to add the same image for another step

    • Sharing guides & instructions

      • Publishing your Guide

        • Hover over your Guide cover & click "Edit details"

        • Select the Workspaces you want to make this Guide visible to

        • Click "SAVE DRAFT"

          Once published, this Guide will automatically be made visible to the Workspaces you've selected, unless the publisher changes the setting beforehand.

        • Click "PUBLISH UPDATES" to make your Guide visible to end-users on your Workspace(s)

        • Select the Workspaces you want to publish this Guide to

          Then click "PUBLISH UPDATES"

      • Sharing your Guide

        • Open the Guide you want to share with end-users

        • Click the action button

          Then click "Share"

        • Choose one of the three options to share your guide

          Then click "DONE"

          You can now share your guide with the end-user

      • Sharing a Topic

        • Open the Guide where the Topic you want to share is

        • Click the 3 dot menu of the Topic

        • Click "Share"

        • Choose any one of the three options to share your topic

          Then click "DONE"

          You can now share your Topic with the end-user

      • Sharing an Instruction

        • Open the Guide where the instruction you want to share is

        • Click the 3 dot menu of the instruction

          Then click "Share"

        • Choose one of the three options to share your instruction

          Then click "DONE"

          You can now share your instruction with the end-user

    • Translating a guide

      • Translating using auto-translate

        • Go to an existing guide and click on the Guide menu

        • Click "Translate"

        • Click "AUTO-TRANSLATE"

        • Click on the drop down menu to Choose the language you want to translate your Guide into

        • Click "+ ADD NEW LANGUAGE" to add a new language to your Guide.

        • Select a language from the list of available languages on your Platform

        • Click "ADD"

        • Click "AUTO-TRANSLATE"

          The Translation will be automatically processed.

        • Click "REVIEW UPDATED GUIDE" to see & edit your Guide in the newly added language 

        • The language of your Guide in the Platform CMS has been switched to the newly added language.

          Review Updated Guide

      • Translating your Guide Manually

        • Go to an existing guide and click on the Guide menu 

        •  Click "Translate"

        • Click "TRANSLATE MANUALLY"

        • Select the language you want to translate your Guide into. 

        • Click on the content you want to translate & type in the translation manually.

        • Click "Save translations"

        • Click "BACK TO GUIDE" to go to back your guide

        • Switch the language of the Guide to review the newly added language and edit the content in that language directly in the Guide Editor

      • Translating via Excel export/import less than 5,000 characters

        • Open the Guide you want to translate & click the action button

        • Click "Translate"

        • Click "TRANSLATE MANUALLY"

        • Click on ADD NEW LANGUAGE and select the language you want to translate this Guide to

        • Click "Export All" to receive an excel file containing the Guide content in the current language

        • Open the exported excel document on your computer

        • Add the abbreviation of the new language in a new column

        • Highlight and copy the original language column, except the header row

        • Go to translate.google.com and choose "text" translation method

        • Choose the source & destination languages

        • Paste the column of text into the source language

          Translation will happen automatically

        • Copy the translated text

        • Return to your Excel file and paste into the destination language column

        • Save the adjusted document on your computer

        • Click the 'IMPORT ALL' button

        • Click on "UPLOAD SHEET" to select the adjusted document from your computer and press 'Upload'

        • The translations you've added to the document are now uploaded into the platform

          Your guide will now be available to end-users in all the translated languages.

      • Translating via Excel export/import more than 5,000 characters

        • Open the Guide you want to translate & click the action button

        • Click "Translate"

        • Click "TRANSLATE MANUALLY"

        • Click on ADD NEW LANGUAGE and select the language you want to translate this Guide to

        • Click "EXPORT ALL" to receive an excel file containing the Guide content in the current language

        • Open the exported excel document on your computer

        • Create a duplicate of the exported excel file

        • Delete the header row & all columns except your source language column from the duplicated file

        • Go to translate.google.com and choose the "Documents" translation method

        • Choose the source & destination languages

        • Click "Browse your computer" and upload the duplicated excel file

          Then click the Translate button

        • Download the translated file

        • Open the translated file & copy the translated column

        • Go back to the original excel file & add the abbreviation of the new language in a new column

        • Paste the translation into the destination language column

        • Save the adjusted document on your computer

        • Click the 'IMPORT ALL' button

        • Click on "UPLOAD SHEET" to select the adjusted document from your computer and press 'Upload'

        • The translations you've added to the document are now uploaded into the platform

          Your guide will now be available to end-users in all the translated languages.

      • Reviewing auto-translation in the Translations interface

        • Click "MANAGE TRANSLATIONS"

        • Click on the newly auto-translated language

        • Review and edit the auto-translation

        • Click "SAVE TRANSLATION" 

        • Click "BACK TO GUIDE" 

        • Switch Guide language to the new language if you want to review your Guide & continue editing it in this new language