Provides training or reference information for using the system, product, application or data. Explains the major components, benefits, access information, and navigation instructions.

The Software User Guide helps you develop a software manual, which is a technical communication document to help people understand a software application or IT system. Most user guides use simple language with short sentences and contain both a written guide and the associated images or screenshots of how the program should look.

The user guide contains both a written guide and the associated images. It includes screenshots of the human-machine interface(s), and includes clear, simplified diagrams. The language used is matched to the intended audience, with technical terms kept to a minimum or explained thoroughly.

The Software User Guide contains the following topics:

  Introduction
      Purpose and Scope
      Background
      Audience
      Referenced Documentation.
  What Is the (Application, System or Process)
      Major Components, Functions and Features
      Benefits
      Users
      Authorization Profile.
  Access Information
      General Information A User Should Know.
  Navigation
      Navigating Menus
      Navigate Main Summary
      Action Item Description and Uses.
  Major Procedures, Tasks and Functions.

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