A

• A** icon, 162
• accessibility, with Captions stickers, 154–156
• accessing
  • Archives, 141–142
  • camera for stories, 124
  • drawing tools, 160
• accounts
  • modifying privacy settings for, 22–23
  • private, 80
• Accounts feature, 82
• Activity page, 34–35
• Add Yours stickers, 148, 239–240
• adding
  • contents to highlights, 179–182
  • details to videos, 68–69
  • highlights
    • from active stories, 177–178
    • from profiles, 177
  • information to photos, 59
  • location to photos, 50–51
  • people to video chats, 107
  • photos
    • to posts, 57–58
    • to stories, 128–132
  • style to stories, 143–163
  • text to reels, 209–210
  • videos to stories, 133–139
  • web addresses to bios, 18–19
• Adjust screen, 46
• Adjust tool, 45
• adjusting
  • account privacy settings, 22–23
  • cover frame, 67–68
  • font options in text, 162–163
  • names, 13
  • stories into regular posts, 173–174
  • usernames, 11
• Agorapulse, 229
• algorithm, Instagram, 28–30
• applying
  • filters to photos, 44, 57–58
  • filters to videos, 65–66
• archived stories, finding, 180–181
• Archives, accessing, 141–142
• Arkon Mounts, 189

• @ symbol, 9

• audio, trending, 206–207
• Audio feature, 82
• auto-generated captions, turning on, 156
• automated tools, mistakes with, 229
• automatically saving stories, 140–141
• Avatar stickers, 151

B

• before-and-after photos, 128
• before-and-after stories, 238–239
• bios
  • formatting, 17
  • mistakes with, 225
  • writing, 14–19
• Boomerang feature, for Stories, 136–137
• Brightness tool, 45
• broadcasts
  • inviting guests to live, 189–190
  • scheduling live, 190–191
• Business account, 21
• business upgrade, for profiles, 19–21

C

• camera
  • accessing for stories, 124
  • options for, 135–139
• Camera icon, 40
• Camera Roll
  • sharing videos from, 134
  • uploading photos from, 53–54
• Camera screen, 62–64
• Camera Settings screen, 40, 63
• Cancel button, 41, 63
• candid photos/videos, 126
• captions
  • adding
    • to photos, 59
    • to videos, 68–69
  • editing, 49
  • mistakes with, 226
• Captions stickers, 154–156
• causes, stickers for, 158
• changing
  • account privacy settings, 22–23
  • cover frame, 67–68
  • font options in text, 162–163
  • names, 13
  • stories into regular posts, 173–174
  • usernames, 11
• Chat stickers, 153–154
• Cheat Sheet (website), 3
• checking notifications, 33–35
• choosing
  • multiple photos, 55–57
  • names, 9, 11–13
  • photos for profiles, 225
  • profile photos, 13–14
  • usernames, 9–11, 223–335
• Clarendon filter, 65–66
• clickable link, in bios, 20
• Close Friends list, sharing to, 167–170
• collaboration, 215–216
• color, for doodles, 161
• Color screen, 47
• Color tool, 46
• commenting, turning on/off, 52
• Community Guidelines, 50
• connecting contacts, 78–79
• contacts, connecting, 78–79
• contents
  • adding to highlights, 179–182
  • Quick Sharing, 107–108
• Contrast tool, 45
• copyright infringement, 166
• Countdown stickers, 156–157
• cover frame, changing, 67–68
• Create feature, for stories, 135–136
• creating
  • game plan for Instagram Live, 188–189
  • group messages, 103–104
  • highlight galleries, 177–179
  • transitions for reels, 211–212
• Creator account, 21
• customizing highlights, 179

D

• dancing reels, 231–232

• A day in the life stories, 237–238

• deleting
  • direct messages, 112–113
  • stickers, 158–159
  • stories from highlights, 181–182
  • video clips, 208
• describing photos, 49
• desktop web browsers, uploading videos via, 74
• details, adding to videos, 68–69
• dimensions, for stories, 174
• Direct icon, 108
• direct messages (DMs)
  • about, 88, 91–92
  • creating new group messages, 103–104
  • deleting unwanted messages, 112–113
  • navigating inbox, 108–111
  • Quick Sharing content via, 107–108
  • replying to, 104
  • sending in response to stories, 123
  • sharing
    • GIFs, 99–101
    • photos/videos via, 95–99
    • via, 167
  • starting new, 92–95
  • unsending, 94
  • using Live Chat in, 105–107
  • using voice messages, 101–102
• discarding changes to photos, 47
• DMs (direct messages)
  • about, 88, 91–92
  • creating new group messages, 103–104
  • deleting unwanted messages, 112–113
  • navigating inbox, 108–111
  • Quick Sharing content via, 107–108
  • replying to, 104
  • sending in response to stories, 123
  • sharing
    • GIFs, 99–101
    • photos/videos via, 95–99
    • via, 167
  • starting new, 92–95
  • unsending, 94
  • using Live Chat in, 105–107
  • using voice messages, 101–102
• doodles, in stories, 160–162
• drawing tools, accessing, 160

E

• Edit screen, 48, 57–58
• editing
  • captions, 49
  • photos, 44–47, 56, 58–59
  • stories, 172
• educating reels, 232–233
• Emoji stickers, 150
• emojis
  • in bios, 16
  • including in names, 224
• enriching photos, 48–52
• Explore function, 80–82
• Explore page
  • about, 196
  • finding and viewing, 31–32

F

• face filter, 130–131
• Facebook, sharing on, 51
• Facebook groups, 88
• Fade tool, 46
• Favorites tab, 30–31
• feeds
  • managing multiple, 30–31
  • scrolling, 26–28
• Filter screen, 43
• filters
  • applying
    • to photos, 44, 57–58
    • to videos, 65–66
  • face, 130–131
• finding
  • archived stories, 180–181
  • Explore page, 31–32
  • new friends, 80–84
  • people, 78–80
  • reels, 195–198
  • stories, 117–121
  • trending audio, 206–207
  • your “squad,” 87–89
• Flash icon, 41, 63
• following
  • about, 77
  • as an algorithm factor, 30
  • Explore function, 80–82
  • finding
    • new friends, 80–84
    • people, 78–80
    • your “squad,” 87–89
  • mistakes with, 228–229
  • reciprocating follows, 86–87
  • Search feature, 82–84
  • suggested users, 84
  • viewing your followers, 85–86
  • your followers, 85–86
• Following tab, 30–31
• font generators, 12
• fonts, changing in text, 162–163
• food & travel reels, 235–236
• formatting bios, 17
• forwarding, through stories, 121–122
• Frequency, as an algorithm factor, 29

G

• Gallery screen, 53
• gear icon, 140
• generating
  • game plan for Instagram Live, 188–189
  • group messages, 103–104
  • highlight galleries, 177–179
  • transitions for reels, 211–212
• GIF stickers, 148–149
• GIFs, sharing, 99–101
• Gingham filter, 65–66
• green screen background reels, 234–235
• group messages, creating, 103–104
• guests, inviting to live broadcasts, 189–190

H

• Hands-Free setting, 139
• hashjacking, 227
• hashtags
  • in bios, 16
  • finding people with, 88–89
  • mistakes with, 227
• heart icon, 122
• highlight galleries, creating, 177–179
• Highlight icon, 179, 181
• highlights
  • about, 175–177
  • adding
    • from active stories, 177–178
    • content to, 179–182
    • from profiles, 177
  • creating new highlight galleries, 177–179
  • customizing, 179
  • deleting stories from, 181–182
  • finding archived stories, 180–181
  • fun ideas for, 182–183
  • naming, 179
  • sharing current stories, 179–180
• Highlights tool, 46
• Hootsuite, 229

I

• icons
  • A**, 162
  • Camera, 40
  • Direct, 108
  • explained, 2–3
  • Flash, 41, 63
  • gear, 140
  • heart, 122
  • Highlight, 179, 181
  • paper airplane, 171
  • photo, 131
  • plus (+), 40, 58, 62
  • Recents, 41
  • share, 171
  • smiley face, 145
  • Switch Camera, 40, 62
• improving
  • photos, 42–48
  • videos, 65–70
• inbox, navigating, 108–111
• information, adding to photos, 59
• Instagram algorithm, 28–30
• Instagram Direct, 91
• Instagram Live
  • about, 185
  • developing a game plan, 188–189
  • getting started, 185–188
  • inviting guests to broadcasts, 189–190
  • scheduling broadcasts, 190–191
• Instagram Reels
  • about, 195, 201
  • adding text, 209–210
  • as an algorithm factor, 28
  • collaboration, 215–216
  • creating transitions, 211–212
  • dancing, 231–232
  • deleting clips, 208
  • educating, 232–233
  • finding
    • about, 195–198
    • trending audio for, 206–207
  • food & travel, 235–236
  • green screen background, 234–235
  • lip syncing, 233–234
  • preproduction work, 201–202
  • recording videos for, 202–205
  • Reels Insights, 219
  • remixing, 216–218
  • sharing to stories, 170–173
  • tapping in, 198–200
  • timing text, 209–210
  • transitions, 236–237
  • trimming clips, 208
  • types of, 231–237
  • uploading videos to, 202–205
  • using New Reel (Share) screen, 213–218
  • watching, 195–198
• Instagram Stories
  • about, 117, 143
  • accessing camera for, 124
  • Add Yours stickers, 148, 239–240
  • adding
    • highlights from active, 177–178
    • photos, 128–132
    • style to, 143–163
    • videos, 133–139
  • before and after, 238–239
  • archived, 180–181
  • automatically saving, 140–141
  • Avatars, 151
  • Captions stickers, 154–156
  • changing into regular Instagram posts, 173–174
  • Chat stickers, 153–154
  • Countdown stickers, 156–157
  • A day in the life, 237–238
  • deleting
    • from highlights, 181–182
    • stickers, 158–159
  • dimensions for, 174
  • doodles, 160–162
  • editing, 172
  • emojis, 150
  • finding, 117–121
  • forwarding through, 121–122
  • GIF stickers, 148–149
  • going back to, 122
  • interacting with, 121–124
  • limitations of, 123–124
  • Link stickers, 154
  • location stickers, 144–146
  • mention stickers, 146–147
  • mistakes with, 226
  • Music stickers, 156–157
  • pausing, 122
  • Photo stickers, 157–158
  • planning, 125
  • Poll stickers, 152–153
  • Questions stickers, 152, 240–241
  • Quiz stickers, 152–153
  • reacting to, 122–123
  • saving, 139–142
  • sharing
    • about, 125–128, 165–174
    • current, 179–180
    • Instagram posts and reels to, 170–173
    • to select people, 167–170
    • someone elses, 165–166
  • Slider stickers, 149–150
  • stickers, 143–159
  • stickers for causes, 158
  • text, 162–163
  • types of, 237–241
  • viewing, 119
• interacting, with stories, 121–124
• Interest, as an algorithm factor, 29
• Internet resources
  • Agorapulse, 229
  • Arkon Mounts, 189
  • Cheat Sheet, 3
  • Hootsuite, 229
  • Sprout Social, 229
  • Tailwind, 229
  • tokboard.com, 206
• inviting guests to live broadcasts, 189–190
• iPads, uploading multiple videos from, 72–74
• iPhones, uploading multiple videos from, 72–74

L

• Later, 125
• Layout feature, for stories, 138–139
• layouts, for bios, 17–18
• lifestyle, showcasing your, 126–128
• limitations, of stories, 123–124
• Link stickers, 154
• lip syncing reels, 233–234
• live, going. See Instagram Live
• Live Chat, using in direct messages, 105–107
• location, adding to photos, 50–51
• Location stickers, 144–146
• Locations screen, 50–51

M

• managing
  • multiple feeds, 30–31
  • profiles, 7–14
• Memories, 34
• Mention stickers, 146–147
• menu bar, 42, 43
• modifying
  • account privacy settings, 22–23
  • cover frame, 67–68
  • font options in text, 162–163
  • names, 13
  • stories into regular posts, 173–174
  • usernames, 11
• Music stickers, 156–157

N

• names
  • changing, 13
  • choosing, 9, 11–13
  • mistakes with, 223–224
• naming highlights, 179
• navigating
  • about, 25
  • checking notifications, 33–35
  • finding Explore page, 31–32
  • inbox, 108–111
  • Instagram algorithm, 28–30
  • managing multiple feeds, 30–31
  • scrolling the feed, 26–28
  • searching, 32–33
  • viewing Explore page, 31–32
• New Post screen, 40, 41, 51, 52, 53, 56, 59, 68–69
• New Reel (Share) screen, 213–218
• Normal filter, 65–66
• notifications
  • checking, 33–35
  • sending direct messages without, 95

O

• orientation, of video clips, 74

P

• paper airplane icon, 171
• pausing stories, 122
• pen tools, 160, 161
• people. See also following
  • adding to video chars, 107
  • tagging, 49–50, 227–228
• personality, showcasing your, 126–128
• photo icon, 131
• Photo screen, 40, 42
• Photo stickers, 157–158
• photos
  • about, 39
  • adding
    • about, 57–58
    • information, 59
    • location, 50–51
    • to stories, 128–132
  • applying filters, 44, 57–58
  • before-and-after, 128
  • candid, 126
  • captions for, 226
  • describing, 49
  • editing, 44–47, 56, 58–59
  • enriching, 48–52
  • Facebook and, 51
  • improving, 42–48
  • options for, 49–52
  • posting, 52–53
  • for profiles, 225
  • saving changes, 47–48
  • selecting multiple, 55–57
  • sharing
    • about, 59
    • via direct messages, 95–99
  • tagging people, 49–50, 227–228
  • taking, 40–42
  • Tumblr and, 52
  • turning commenting on/off, 52
  • Twitter and, 51–52
  • uploading
    • from Camera Roll, 53–54
    • multiple to one post, 55–59
    • to stories, 131–132
• Places feature, 83
• planning stories, 125
• Planoly, 125
• Play button, 64
• plus (+) icon, 40, 58, 62
• Poll stickers, 152–153
• posts/posting
  • changing stories into regular, 173–174
  • photos, 52–53
  • sharing to stories, 170–173
  • uploading multiple photos to one, 55–59
  • videos, 69–70
• privacy settings, modifying for accounts, 22–23
• private accounts, 80
• profile photos, choosing, 13–14
• profiles
  • about, 7
  • adding
    • highlights from, 177
    • web addresses to bios, 18–19
  • business upgrade for, 19–21
  • choosing photos for, 13–14
  • formatting bios, 17
  • layouts for bios, 17–18
  • managing, 7–14
  • mistakes with, 225
  • modifying account privacy settings, 22–23
  • photos for, 225
  • setting up, 7–23
  • writing bios, 14–19
• publishing
  • saving stories after, 140
  • saving stories before, 139–140
• push notifications, 35

Q

• Questions stickers, 152, 240–241
• Quick Sharing content, 107–108
• Quiz stickers, 152–153

R

• reacting to stories, 122–123
• Recents icon, 41
• recipients, searching for, 98
• reciprocating follows, 86–87
• recording
  • videos
    • about, 61–65
    • for Instagram Reels, 202–205
  • voice messages, 102
• reels
  • about, 195, 201
  • adding text, 209–210
  • as an algorithm factor, 28
  • collaboration, 215–216
  • creating transitions, 211–212
  • dancing, 231–232
  • deleting clips, 208
  • educating, 232–233
  • finding
    • about, 195–198
    • trending audio for, 206–207
  • food & travel, 235–236
  • green screen background, 234–235
  • lip syncing, 233–234
  • preproduction work, 201–202
  • recording videos for, 202–205
  • Reels Insights, 219
  • remixing, 216–218
  • sharing to stories, 170–173
  • tapping in, 198–200
  • timing text, 209–210
  • transitions, 236–237
  • trimming clips, 208
  • types of, 231–237
  • uploading videos to, 202–205
  • using New Reel (Share) screen, 213–218
  • watching, 195–198
• Reels Insights, 219
• registered trademarks, 10–11
• Relationships, as an algorithm factor, 29
• Remember icon, 2
• remixing reels, 216–218
• removing
  • direct messages, 112–113
  • text boxes, 163
• reordering thumbnail photos, 56
• replying to direct messages, 104
• reporting direct messages, 112
• reposting screen shots, 166
• requesting live chats, 106
• resizing videos, 71

S

• Saturation tool, 46
• saving
  • changes to photos, 47–48
  • doodles, 162
  • stories, 139–142
• scheduling live broadcasts, 190–191
• screen shots, of other people's stories, 166
• scrolling feeds, 26–28
• Search feature, 32–33, 82–84
• searching
  • about, 32–33
  • direct messages, 111
  • for recipients of direct messages, 98
• selecting
  • multiple photos, 55–57
  • names, 9, 11–13
  • photos for profiles, 225
  • profile photos, 13–14
  • usernames, 9–11, 223–335
• sending
  • direct messages (DMs)
    • in response to Stories, 123
    • without notifications, 95
  • voice messages, 101–102
• setup, of profiles, 7–23
• Shadows tool, 46
• Share button, 167
• share icon, 171
• sharing
  • to Close Friends list, 167–170
  • current stories, 179–180
  • GIFs, 99–101
  • Instagram posts and reels to stories, 170–173
  • other people's stories, 165–166
  • photos
    • about, 59
    • via direct message, 95–99
  • Quick Sharing content, 107–108
  • stories
    • about, 125–128, 165–174
    • to select people, 167–170
  • via direct messages, 167
  • videos
    • from Camera Roll, 134
    • via direct message, 95–99
• Sharpen tool, 46
• shutter button, 41, 63
• sizing tool, 160
• Slider stickers, 149–150
• smiley face icon, 145
• sound, toggling for video, 64
• Sprout Social, 229
• starting direct messages (DMs), 92–95
• stickers
  • about, 143–144
  • Add Yours, 148
  • Avatars, 151
  • Captions, 154–156
  • for causes, 158
  • Chat, 153–154
  • Countdown, 156–157
  • deleting, 158–159
  • Emoji, 150
  • GIF, 148–149
  • Link, 154
  • Location, 144–146
  • Mention, 146–147
  • Music, 156–157
  • Photo, 157–158
  • Poll, 152–153
  • Questions, 152
  • Quiz, 152–153
  • Slider, 149–150
  • in stories, 143–159
• stories
  • about, 117, 143
  • accessing camera for, 124
  • Add Yours stickers, 148, 239–240
  • adding
    • highlights from active, 177–178
    • photos, 128–132
    • style to, 143–163
    • videos, 133–139
  • before and after, 238–239
  • archived, 180–181
  • automatically saving, 140–141
  • Avatars, 151
  • Captions stickers, 154–156
  • changing into regular Instagram posts, 173–174
  • Chat stickers, 153–154
  • Countdown stickers, 156–157
  • A day in the life, 237–238
  • deleting
    • from highlights, 181–182
    • stickers, 158–159
  • dimensions for, 174
  • doodles, 160–162
  • editing, 172
  • emojis, 150
  • finding, 117–121
  • forwarding through, 121–122
  • GIF stickers, 148–149
  • going back to, 122
  • interacting with, 121–124
  • limitations of, 123–124
  • Link stickers, 154
  • location stickers, 144–146
  • mention stickers, 146–147
  • mistakes with, 226
  • Music stickers, 156–157
  • pausing, 122
  • Photo stickers, 157–158
  • planning, 125
  • Poll stickers, 152–153
  • Questions stickers, 152, 240–241
  • Quiz stickers, 152–153
  • reacting to, 122–123
  • saving, 139–142
  • sharing
    • about, 125–128, 165–174
    • current, 179–180
    • Instagram posts and reels to, 170–173
    • to select people, 167–170
    • someone elses, 165–166
  • Slider stickers, 149–150
  • stickers, 143–159
  • text, 162–163
  • types of, 237–241
  • viewing, 119
• Story Highlights section, 177
• Structure tool, 45
• style
  • adding to stories, 143–163
  • of bios, 16
• suggested users, 84
• Switch Camera icon, 40, 62
• symbols, in bios, 16

T

• tagging people, 49–50, 227–228
• Tags feature, 83
• Tailwind, 229
• taking photos, 40–42
• tapping, in reels, 198–200
• Technical Stuff icon, 2–3
• text
  • adding to reels, 209–210
  • in stories, 162–163
  • timing for reels, 209–210
• text boxes, removing, 163
• thumbnail photos, reordering, 56
• Tilt Shift tool, 46
• time limit
  • for Instagram Live, 187
  • Instagram Reels, 205
• Timeliness, as an algorithm factor, 29
• timing text for Reels, 209–210
• Tip icon, 2
• toggling video sound, 64
• tokboard.com, 206
• Top feature, 82
• trademarks, registered, 10–11
• transitions, creating for reels, 211–212, 236–237
• trending audio, finding, 206–207
• Trim screen, 66–67
• trimming videos, 66–67, 208
• Tumblr, sharing on, 52
• turning on/off
  • auto-generated captions, 156
  • commenting, 52
  • push notifications, 35
• Twitter, sharing on, 51–52

U

• undoing doodles, 162
• Uniform Resource Locator (URL), 9
• unsending direct messages (DMs), 94
• uploading
  • multiple photos to one post, 55–59
  • multiple videos from iPhones/iPads, 72–74
  • photos
    • from Camera Roll, 53–54
    • to stories, 131–132
  • stored videos, 70–71
  • videos
    • for Instagram Reels, 202–205
    • via desktop web browsers, 74
• Usage, as an algorithm factor, 30
• usernames
  • changing, 11
  • choosing, 9–11
  • mistakes with, 223–225
  • selecting, 223–335
• users, suggested, 84

V

• verifying notifications, 33–35
• video chats, using on Instagram, 105–106
• videos
  • about, 61
  • adding
    • details, 68–69
    • to stories, 133–139
  • applying filters, 65–66
  • candid, 126
  • captions for, 226
  • changing cover frame, 67–68
  • deleting clips, 208
  • improving, 65–70
  • orientation of, 74
  • posting, 69–70
  • recording
    • about, 61–65
    • for Instagram Reels, 202–205
  • resizing, 71
  • sharing via direct messages, 95–99
  • toggling sound, 64
  • trimming, 66–67
  • trimming clips, 208
  • uploading
    • for Instagram Reels, 202–205
    • multiple from iPhones/iPads, 72–74
    • stored, 70–71
    • via desktop web browsers, 74
• viewer, 40, 42, 62
• viewing
  • Explore page, 31–32
  • reels, 195–198
  • stories, 119
  • your followers, 85–86
• Vignette tool, 46
• voice, of bios, 16
• voice messages, sending, 101–102

W

• Warmth tool, 46
• Warning icon, 3
• web addresses, adding to bios, 18–19
• websites
  • Agorapulse, 229
  • Arkon Mounts, 189
  • Cheat Sheet, 3
  • Hootsuite, 229
  • Sprout Social, 229
  • Tailwind, 229
  • tokboard.com, 206
• writing bios, 14–19

X

• X button, 41, 63

Y

• Your Story button, 167