Snapchat is confusing, so here's how the company is teaching older investors how to use it (SNAP)

But since it's asking investors who are typically older to invest in its IPO, Snap included a handy 10-slide guide to navigating and using the app, which has 158 million daily users, according to a financial filing published on Thursday.

Here's how to use Snapchat, the disappearing messages app, according to Snap:

Here are the five main screens that comprise Snapchat.

Let's take a look at the first screen you see, the Camera screen.

Snap writes:

From the camera screen, you can turn on "Lenses," that transform your face into a dog, or a taco, or other fun cartoons.

Snap writes:

The Camera serves as the interface for our Creative Tools. Most of these tools are available on the Preview screen after a user takes a Snap, but Lenses are used on the Camera screen before taking a Snap.

When you tap on the screen, the Camera focuses and detects objects in the scene. For example, if a user taps on his or her face, we immediately show Lenses at the bottom of the screen, adjacent to the Camera button. Lenses are interactive animations that are overlaid on a person’s face or the world around them. A user can easily create a Snap while using a Lens.

You can also draw or place GPS-sensitive stickers on your photo. Here's all the art you can add to your selfie.

Snap writes:

Once you've finished customizing your Snap, it's time to send it to a friend. Here's what that screen looks like.

Snap writes:

You can also chat with people through texts that disappear. Here's what that screen looks like.

Snap writes:

In 2014, we developed text-based chat because sometimes Snaps aren’t able to provide the level of detail and specificity required by certain conversations. Snaps are really convenient for communicating emotion, but text-based communication is useful for exchanging information. Like Snaps, text chats are deleted by default from our servers after they are viewed. Users are able to save important chats by pressing on the message within the conversation. Saving only important messages means that they are much easier to find when you need them.

Here's what a chat window looks like.

Snap writes:

But wait. That's not all. Snap also has a feature called "Stories," or a way to broadcast video to followers.

Snap writes:

Our Storytelling Platform began with My Story, an easy way for users to create a collection of Snaps that play in chronological order. If a user adds a Snap to their Story, it expires within 24 hours and can be viewed by all of their friends, unless they have chosen a custom setting for Story privacy.

Finally, Snapchat has a window called "Memories" that enables users to save Snaps to their camera roll. Here's what it looks like.

Snap writes:

If you'd like to try Snapchat for yourself, you can download it from Apple's App Store or Google Play.

Snapchat is confusing, so here's how the company is teaching older investors how to use it (SNAP)

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