5 x User Guide Templates. Our User Guide templates can be used to create user guides, user manuals, getting started guides and other types of technical documents.

User Guide: Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. Purpose
1.2. Scope
1.3. System Organization

2. Describing the System

2.1. Key Features
2.2. Inventory
2.3. Environment
2.4. System Operations

3. Installing, Starting and Stopping the System

3.1. First-time Users
3.2. Access Control
3.3. Installing the system
3.4. Starting the system
3.5. Stopping and Suspending the system

4. Step by Step Instructions for using the system

4.1. Instructions
4.2. Conventions
4.3. Errors, Malfunctions, and Emergencies
4.4. Messages
4.5. Quick-Reference

5. How to use this template

5.1. How to add your logo to the cover page
5.2. How to add your logo to the header
5.3. Updating the Table of Contents
5.4. Adding Notes
5.5. Adding Warnings
5.6. Adding Comments
5.7. Bullet Lists
5.8. Numbered List
5.9. Adding Code Samples
5.10. Samples Tables

6. Appendix A – Reference Documents

7. Appendix B – Glossary of Terms

Product Specifications

The template pack includes the following documents:

• 5 x User Guide Templates 22 pages each
• 1 x Information Product Checklist
• 1 x User Guide Checklist
• 1 x User Guide Final Check
• 7 Forms

Product Specifications

File Format: The templates are in Microsoft Word (.docx) format.

Opening the Files: You don’t need any special software to unzip the files. To unzip the files, right click on it, then select Extract, and save it to your computer.

Getting Started: Depending on your MS Office settings, the files may say Read Only when you open them. If this occurs, click File, Save As and save the files. There are no security settings on any of the files.

Images: All of the images in the templates are copyright free.