General Explanation
User manuals, or User guides, are designed to assist end-users in understanding and effectively using a product or service. These documents provide clear, step-by-step instructions and relevant information.
Identifying the target audience and whether the document is for internal or external use is crucial!
Examples
Unfortunately, I am unable to display documents from previous employers due to confidentiality.
There is only one of them here, the rest of the examples were created later.
Pandoc: User Guide
Pandoc is a tool I used a lot in previous months for converting different formats of documents.
This user manual explains how to convert documents from the .docx to the .md extension.
User Guide With No Visual Aids
Using visual aids such as screenshots, graphs, and diagrams is great, and end-users love them. But it can be time-consuming for writers to keep up with updates. In most cases, updating visuals requires replacing entire scenarios instead of just one or two images.
After several years of experience, I tend to rely on verbal explanations and skip visual elements. The following document is an example of such an approach:
Authentic Document
The following user guide contains both verbal and visual explanations. It is written in Serbian, but below is the translated copy:
Translated Copy
The copy was automatically translated with the Microsoft Translator Service.
Beyond the Frame 