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How to use the GuideRoll Chrome Extension to capture the guide

How to use the GuideRoll Chrome Extension to capture the guide

Learn how to use the GuideRoll Chrome Extension to capture the guide and turn it into a shareable guide

Chrome ExtensionJul 15, 2025, 8:03 AM

Steps

1

Open the extension

Open the extension

Start the guide capturing process by clicking the Chrome Extension

2

Describe the guide

Describe the guide

Give your guide a short description. This helps AI in making the titles, description and other details

3

Start the capture

Start the capture

Start the capture. It will start capturing the screen and the elements you click on

4

Confirm recording

Confirm recording

Confirm that the guide process is started

5

Shift to Highlight

Shift to Highlight

Press Shift to show the element that will be highlighted in the guide. The contents of the element will also be used to create meaningful title and descriptions for the step

6

Review the capture

Review the capture

Once you are done with all the steps, open the extension and confirm if all steps are captured as expected

7

Delete if any

Delete if any

If any unnecessary step is captured, you may delete it here

8

Navigate through steps

Navigate through steps

You may navigate between the steps to preview all of them

9

Save

Save

Once everything is finalised, proceed to save it by clicking this button

10

Create guide

Create guide

You will be redirected to a page where you can create a guide with the steps you just captured

11

Choose Team

Choose Team

Choose the Team that you want this guide to be added to

12

Select New/existing guide

Select New/existing guide

You can choose if the steps to be created as a new guide or part of the existing guide

13

Proceed guide creation

Proceed guide creation

Once you select above options as per your requirement, hit proceed to create the guide

14

AI to create the guide

AI to create the guide

Wait till AI creates all necessary information for the steps. It should not take more than a minute for it to complete

15

Guide created!

Guide created!

And that's it! Your guide is created and you see the editor where you can edit the guide further with highlight types, colors, voice overs, and more. More details about them in next guide! Happy guide making!