Technical Manuals & Guides
Customised, clear and comprehensive technical manuals and guides based on industry best practices and official standards. Content, graphics, illustrations, typesetting and translation handled inhouse to ensure absolute accuracy relevant for technical documentation.
Professionally crafted technical manuals and guides
All too often these days, the technical manuals and guides that you come into contact with are either badly written, contain too much or little detail or are confusing. Instead of simplifying the process and breaking down the key tasks into easily digestible steps, they can often be very difficult follow.
The i-Team® developed manuals will stand out. Our expert team of technical authors are skilled at interpreting source material to create a useable document that is visually appealing and concisely presents the appropriate information from the users’ point of view.
Our manuals will be clear, concise, complete, easy to read and easy to maintain.
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Where we feel it is necessary to provide graphical representation, our skilled technical illustrators and graphic designers can carefully coordinate the relationship between text and graphics to make content more comprehensible.
We follow official standards and industry best practices to write manuals and we also ensure they adhere to your brand guidelines.
Manuals and guides we can develop
We specialise in “single sourcing” and as such our technical authors can deliver your documents in multiple formats from a single source. This includes PDF, HTML5 and mobile help systems, to give you a few examples.
User manuals
A user manual is document designed to assist end users to safely and correctly set-up and use a product. Depending on product type, it can cover installation, operation maintenance and troubleshooting.
Installation manuals
An installation manual is a professionally written document designed to guide users through the correct and safe setup of a product, system, or application by usually providing step-by-step instructions.
Operation manuals
An operation manual focuses on the overall procedures and processes within an organisation or system, detailing how things should be done by staff. Unlike a user manual, it is essentially for internal use within a company.
Maintenance manuals
A maintenance manual is a document that provides detailed instructions on how to maintain products for optimum performance. It is essential for ensuring the lifespan and efficiency of a product.
Service manuals
A service manual is a detailed document that provides instructions on the servicing of machinery, equipment, appliances etc. It is primarily used by technicians, engineers, and service personnel to ensure proper functioning and lifespan of the product.
Repair manuals
A repair manual is a detailed document that provides instructions on diagnosing, troubleshooting, and fixing faults within a product. It is used by technicians, mechanics, and those qualified to carry out repairs.
Parts manuals
A parts manual is a detailed document that provides information about the components and spare parts of a product that are replaceable. It helps users identify, order, and replace parts efficiently.
Reference manuals
A reference manual is a comprehensive document that provides detailed information about a specific subject, system or product. It acts as a quick and reliable resource for guidance on features, functions, or procedures.
Procedures manuals
A procedures manual is a document that provides detailed instructions on how to carry out specific tasks, processes, or operations within an organisation. It ensures consistency, efficiency, and compliance.
Training manuals
A training manual is designed to assist people to learn about a subject, product, system or procedures. It may be used internally and externally and aim to assist learners to achieve a set of objectives.
Development manuals
A development manual is a document designed to guide product developers to build and enhance a system. It includes technical and functional specifications as well as detail on the construction of a product.
Instruction manuals
An instruction manual provides step by step instructions on how to use a product or utilise a service safely and efficiently. It is similar to a user manual but tends to provide detailed information.
Quick start guides
Troubleshooting guides
Instructor guides
Learner guides
Handbooks
Assembly instructions
Our work
We specialise in “single sourcing” and as such our technical authors can deliver your documents in multiple formats from a single source. This includes PDF, HTML5 and mobile help systems, to give you a few examples.
Case studies
See our Case Studies page for details of many technical documentation development projects successfully completed.
We have over the years helped businesses improve the overall quality of their business documents, implement best practices by documenting standard operating procedures and reduce cost and improve staff efficiency by developing engaging training courses and material.
Examples of product manuals & guides written
User manual for online banking software
User manual for mobile banking software
User manual for advertising platform
User manual for market research platform
User manual for national security operation monitoring system
User manual for energy monitoring system
Owner’s manual for sports cars
Operation and maintenance manuals for commercial printers
Operation and maintenance manuals for commercial laminators
Operation and maintenance manual for leak detection systems
Installation manual for soldering machines
Installation manuals for heat pumps
Installation manual for satellite dishes
Installation manual for Electric Vehicle chargers
Installation manual for solar panels
Technical reference manual for cargo shipping system
Technical reference manual for market research database
Quick Start Guides for commercial ovens
User manuals for domestic appliances – kettles, toasters, air fryers, sandwich makers, microwaves, coffee machines and slow cookers
Repair manuals for vacuum cleaners – upright and robots
Repair manuals for air fryers
Repair manuals for combination microwaves
Assembly instructions for cabinets and bathroom furniture
Service manual for patient isolation rooms during COVID19
Troubleshooting/fault finding guides for fridge/freezers
Standards manual for hotelp