Create and publish your first guide

Before you start

ShowHow records the browser tab you choose and turns meaningful clicks into separate steps. It does not record your camera or microphone.

Use a short, repeatable task for your first guide. A workflow with four to eight clicks is enough to learn the whole process.

• Install ShowHow and pin it to the Chrome toolbar.
• Open the website and page where the workflow begins.
• Have any safe example data you need ready before capture.

Capture the workflow

1. Select the ShowHow icon while you are on the tab you want to capture.
2. Name the guide and enable step tracking if Chrome asks for access to that site.
3. Add privacy masks over any visible information that should not appear in the guide.
4. Select Start recording, then complete the task normally. Each meaningful click becomes a step.
5. Open ShowHow again and select Finish when the result of the task is visible.

Review and publish

1. Open the editor when ShowHow finishes assembling the guide.
2. Read each title and instruction, then move or resize any highlight that needs adjustment.
3. Run Privacy review and preview the complete guide.
4. Select Publish. The first time, connect the browser to your ShowHow account and approve the matching code.
5. Copy the guide link or embed code from the publish panel.