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Preface<This page for writing the introduction of your product>

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ForewordThis is a User Manual template. This is copyrighted to me, Rafia Shujaat. The reason of this template is to show in my portfolio.

What this Template Covers

This template covers the following topics:

1. Front Cover

2. Preface

3. Foreword

4. Table of Contents

5. First Sample Chapter

6. Index

7. Back Cover

Introduction

A short inroduction of each chapter is as follows:

Chapter 1 – Create New Template:

This chapter is about how you start template from scratch. It has the following topics covered:

Controlling Design and Appearance Selecting Page Layout Outlining the Titles and Headings Setting the Odd and Even Pages Insert Header and Footer Create the Style Guide Save Tmeplate for Everytime Use

Conventions

Bullets and Numbered Lists are used to list the procedures and important points Tips and Warnings are given in every chapter where necessary

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Table of ContentsPreface............................................................................................................................................................2

Foreword........................................................................................................................................................3

Table of Contents...........................................................................................................................................4

Chapter 1 – Create New Template.................................................................................................................5

Controlling the Design and Appearance....................................................................................................5

Setting the Page Layout options:...........................................................................................................6

The Manual Goes On….............................................................................................................................7

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Chapter 1 – Create New Template“The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say”. – Anais Nin

In this chapter, we will take a look on how to create an attractive and user-friendly user template for user manual. We will learn how to set the Page Layout settings, which will help us in selecting the format, fonts and look of the document. After, the Page Layout, we will do the design work with Odd and Even pages, finalize the template and then create a style guide. At the end we will convert the user manual into PDF with security locks, so that no one can change the template.

Controlling the Design and AppearanceThese menus, Home, Page Layout and View are important for setting the look and feel of the document. Page Layout gives the design for the user attraction and View gives the template designer/technical writer how to adjust the design with the help of tabs, ruler and more.

Document view:

Your template should always be in the Print Layout mode. It will continuously give you the preview of how the document is going to look when printed.

Selecting tabs:

1. Select Home from the menu bar, as shown in above figure.

2. Move to the Paragraph box, and select the tab option .

3. This will activate on the document. It is only visible to the writer and it helps in putting tab spaces, measuring the exact tab stop positions, view where the empty spaces are and how the breaks are positioned. It is extremely important if you are writing a manual; tend to go out for printing.

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Setting the Page Layout options:

Working with the Page Setup - Margins:

1. Set the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right of the document as required. The default setting is 1” for each.

2. Select the type of Orientation you need. Portrait for a vertical document and Landscape for a horizontal version.

3. While creating the template, sometimes you need to see it in a Preview for a full look.

4. The next step is to select the Layout tab on this window.

Figure 1: Margins tab in the Page Setup window.

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The Manual Goes On…

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