Instruction Manual Template
Instruction Manual Template
USER MANUAL
Reference : ARMaaS-User-Manual.doc
ARMaaS-User-Manual.doc
Last modification May 27,2024
Author Satwick Dwivedi Version : 1.0 Page 1/9
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1.0 version 1
Throughout this manual, the pictograms below are used to underline points or important notions
Action to be avoided
Mandatory action
Actions reserved for the …. < Adapt the vocabulary according to the
application (administrator, manager, etc. >
Actions reserved for the … < Adapt the vocabulary according to the
application (user, publisher, etc. >
<Add if necessary, a table listing the specific signaling system to the application (icons,
buttons and associated actions).
Delete section so useless. >
1.4 SUPPORT
● Dedicated application
● …
Describe how to track the progress of the request in order to avoid excessive telephoning>
<Some documentation may be useful to the user in helping them understand how application-
related modules work.
List them here if applicable.
>
<Give the background here to the various stages in developing the solution from a user
viewpoint.>
1.7 ADDRESS
1.8 AUTHENTICATION
<Indicate here what information must be given by the user to log on: login AD, surname first
name, e-mail address etc
Insert a screenshot of the authentication page.
Explain and show a screenshot of the page refusing unauthorised access. >
1.9 LAYOUT
<For a web application describe the structuring of the pages if they follow the same pattern.
An example is given below.>
Icons / Shorcuts
Processing area
1.10 MENUS
1.12 FUNCTIONALITIES
<List here all the functionalities that will be described in the document.
You could group together a number of similar functions or functionalities linked within a
workflow for example. These groupings should be shown here to give the user the map they
need to read the document. >
<List here all the functionalities that will not be described in the document.
● …
>
1.13 SCREENSHOT
<Not absolutely necessary but often very useful, with arrowed explanations, and boxing or
circling of different fields for user input or presentation>
<Show the fields, particularly the mandatory fields, and/or the input masks which are
checked
Show the colour codes if there are any.
Show the lists and explain their content
…>
<Explain the actions possible for the given screen, and the consequences, without
reproducing the functional specifications.
Nevertheless it may prove useful, if not necessary, to reiterate a business rule or
management rule.>
1.17 SCREENSHOT
<Not absolutely necessary but often very useful, with arrowed explanations, and boxing or
circling of different fields for user input or presentation>
<Show the fields, particularly the mandatory fields, and/or the input masks which are
checked
Show the colour codes if there are any.
Show the lists and explain their content
…>
<Explain the actions possible for the given screen, and the consequences, without
reproducing the functional specifications.
Nevertheless it may prove useful, if not necessary, to reiterate a business rule or
management rule.>
7. APPENDICES
<Give here any additional information that could make the functional specifications easier to
understand.>
1.22 APPENDIX 2
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