Magic the Gathering artifact card "Puppet Strings" and attack phases?

A normal attack phase is broken onto 5 parts. After your first main phase, you go into 1. Declare combat. During this time until the stack is empty and both players pass priority, any Instants or Abilities can be activated. Then you go to step 2. Declare attackers. Once you finish deciding attackers, both players can again choose to play spells or abilities. Once an attacker is declared, tapping that creature does NOT remove it from combat.