Introduction
This guide demonstrates the best practices for the Bulk Step Creator. Use the Bulk Step Creator to convert text from a webpage or a document. The Bulk Step Creator automatically converts the text to guide steps.
Reminder
Any changes made to a guide, with the exception of tags and the default language, create a new draft of the guide.
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Click on the Edit button in the upper-right of the page, below the site header.
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Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the Bulk-create steps button.
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The Bulk-create steps button is also accessible from the Details tab on the Edit page.
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To create your steps, enter or paste lines of text into the field.
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To add a new step, put a space after the last line of a step and type the text of the new step on the next line.
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There cannot be an empty line between bullets within the same step.
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To add a title to your step, type in "Title:" followed by the step title.
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Always leave a space after the colon in the "Title: " syntax. Without the space, the title populates as bullet text.
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If your step does not have a title, you do not need the "title: " syntax.
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Lines of text after a blank space automatically populate as bullet text.
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Click on the Create steps button.
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The Bulk Step Creator automatically converts the text into steps!
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A step has a maximum of eight bullets.
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Too many lines without a break in between them triggers the "Maximum number of lines exceeded" error message.
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A bullet in a step has a character limit of 350.
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Exceeding the character limit triggers the "Step line length exceeded" error message.
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You cannot create bullets without text.
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Entering a line of only blank spaces triggers the "Minimum step line length not met" error message.
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The Bulk Step Creator always places steps after the last step in a guide.
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You cannot indent or apply special bullets with the Bulk Step Creator.
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To apply indents and special bullets, click on the Guide Steps tab in Edit mode.
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You cannot add bulk-created steps into the middle of a guide.
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Remember to edit your text for artifacts that cause the text to populate incorrectly.
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