How to Make an Instructable

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How to Make an Instructable

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This tutorial will walk you through making an Instructable from an Evernote note.

You will need:

1) An Evernote note that has a list of each step in your project with pictures
2) The TechHive Instructable login and password
3) An internet connection (you are going to be uploading pictures)

Prepare Your Desktop

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Open the Evernote note for your project and an Instructables window so that you can see both.

Log in As TechHive

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Using the TechHive username and password to log into Instructables.

Create a New Instructable

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Click on the Create tab, then Create Instructables

Give Your Instructable a Title

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Open the Photo Upload Window

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Drag All of Your Pictures From Your Evernote Note to the Upload Window

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When you are finished you should see all of your pictures in the top bar of the "create Instructable" editor

Add Steps to Your Instructable

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Add a step for each step in your Evernote project note.

Give Each Step a Picture

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Drag the right pictures down from the pictures bar for each step in your Instructable. Once you have dragged it down to a step you will not see that picture in the pictures bar at the top.

Add Text for Each Step

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Copy the text for each step in your Evernote project note over to a step in your Instructable.

Click Publish

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Choose Your Publishing Settings

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Enter some keywords for your Instructable separated by commas, and check to make sure your cover image (the image people will see if they search your Instructable), and the category for your Instructable (you chose this at the beginning) are right. When you are done, hit Publish Now!