It is possible to demonstrate your abilities to your superiors by writing a manual.It shows that you can complete a project on your own.
Step 1: Decide on what you want to discuss.
In scope and range, be specific.
Step 2: Determine what audience you are writing for.
Are you writing a manual for beginners or experts?Is the audience going to be involved in the class or self-study?
Step 3: Define what you're going to say in the manual.
You are writing a manual.There might be a section about sliding doors.There is a section about front doors.Another section might be about back doors.
Step 4: Your manual should be presented in a logical order.
This isn't about an order of actions.The subject might need to be presented first.The tasks that will be included in the manual should be discussed first.If you think the reader has the skills to complete the task, then you should include an appendix.
Step 5: Prepare a glossary if the manual will use technical terminology.
The glossary should be placed immediately after the table of contents if the reader won't already know the jargon.The glossary should be updated as you write the manual.The glossary needs to be as precise as possible.Explain the meaning of "Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus" if the term is an acronym.
Step 6: Make a list of the subjects you need to further research.
A useless manual is an inaccurate manual.Before you start the manual, complete your research.
Step 7: You have to decide on an organization for each section.
You are writing a manual about a computer.There is a section called "Troubleshooting".You may write about disk space issues.You can write about excessive memory usage.
Step 8: To narrow the range of the topic, organize each section and subsection in a logical order.
Step 9: Start writing.
If your organization doesn't work, alter it.There are different tasks that you should write descriptions of.The reader can follow the examples.Appropriate illustrations should be prepared.There is a possibility that this is not the case.The illustrations need to be in the text.It is possible to modify illustrations to show what the user is looking for.A writer would connect a problem with the number 13 on a numbered list.A writer enlarges a line of text that is not in order.
Step 10: Don't plagiarize someone else's writing.
A citation section listing books, manuals and people who gave you the information is a good place to start.A writer's credibility is destroyed faster by plagiarism.Someone may be quoting your writing one day.How would you feel if someone stole your work?
Step 11: Add illustrations that are appropriate.
They should be put into the document.Do not be afraid to use white space.
Step 12: Proofread and check again.
There should be ongoing proofreading.You can make notes of errors.Correct them.Make notes of the passages.To make it easier to read, rewrite the passage.It's a good idea to have a variety of people read your manual.I recommend that you have a completed manual to proof your work.Have a friend look at it.If you are writing about something in the field, have an expert check it out.If the manual is for your company, have your boss check it out.It's a good idea to have a novice check it out.Why would a novice look at it?You should expect the manual to be easy to understand.