Write a professional manual using free user manual templates

Any user manual represents how a company behaves toward its customers. No matter how simple or complex a product is, coherently written, well-organized, and user-friendly user documentation makes it easy for customers to read and follow the instructions step-by-step. This will make them feel appreciated and satisfied while giving them a great user experience.

Only a high-quality user guide or manual could bring such benefits to your business, at the same time, the poor ones could sabotage your brand.

What makes a professional user manual?

A user guide is a detailed combination of many pieces of information. Format and style, components, and contents are three main areas you must adequately cover while drafting a manual. However, it would be best to remember that ideal product documentation only supplies information relevant to the target users.

Professional user manuals are costly and limited service, which take a lot of expertise to create and are challenging to maintain.

Sonat user manual templates

Sonat offers free user manual templates, logically structured and designed, containing all the necessary sections and components. It meets all the requirements of a perfect user manual in its best shape to help you effectively address your users’ needs and gain their trust and satisfaction.

Well-organized templates will save a lot of time in your customer service part; since dealing with many complaining users and salespeople can be irritating. Besides your existing customers, as a matter of introducing your product to potential customers, an interactive user guide can be a helping hand to your business.

The templates come with step-by-step instructions on what should be included in each section and how to write it perfectly, making it easy for your technical writers to create a professional user manual. All the headings, sections, lists, and tables of contents that are a part of pre-made templates can boost the popularity of your product or service.

So far, we've developed seven user manual templates for Sonat, covering many common product categories. Still, we are constantly updating our list. So, if the available manual templates don't match your needs, don't hesitate to write to us.

Let us know what your product is and what kind of templates you are looking for. We'll make sure to put it at the top of the list. Here comes a quick introduction to each user manual template available on Sonat so that you can choose which one best matches your case:

1. Simple/ Non-Electronic Products User Manual Template

This template primarily targets simple products, usually non-electrical/non-electronic, such as many tools, instruments, levers, equipment, and accessories. Products in this category aren't generally among the regulated ones. While they might be used in different modes, they usually lack advanced features and functions. A camping tent, a mountaineering backpack, and a manual chopper/slicer could perfectly fit this category. Click on the image below to access this template.

2. Simple Electrical/Electronic Products User Manual Template

This is about those electrical/electronic products that do not have an advanced digital panel with many settings, options, and functions. Products of this category may be among regulated ones. These electronic products usually have one primary function, which could be set in different speed levels, intensity, or maybe two or three modes. Steam irons, mixers, grinders, and many bread toasters and coffee makers are good examples of this category. Click on the image below to access this template.

3. Electronic Devices with Digital Panels User Manual Template

This template mainly targets advanced electronic products with digital panels that offer many settings, functions, or features, such as many modern kitchen appliances (dishwashers, washing machines, refrigerators, etc.). These products are usually regulated. So, make sure to include regulatory notices in the manual. Click on the image below to access this template.

4. Smart devices User Manual Template

This template provides all the standard headings and components of a professional user manual, primarily targeting portable internet-connected computers like smartphones, tablets, laptop computers, and other intelligent devices such as smartwatches and digital camcorders. These products are regulated, and you usually need to include regulatory notices in the manual. Click on the image below to access this template.

5. On-premise Software User Manual Template

The headings and components of this template make it the best match for writing user manuals of on-premise software (the kind of software installed and runs on computers rather than being served via the internet). Click on the image below to access this template.

6. SaaS Product User Manual Template

If you are writing a user manual for cloud-based software (SaaS), this template could be a big help. Click on the image below to access this template.

7. Classic User Manual Template

This might seem a bit rigid and bureaucratic. Yet, it provides you with good structure, titles, and boilerplate tables you might need if you are writing a very formal and comprehensive user manual. While it was primarily designed for software and system products, you could use many of its sections to create user manuals for any product. Click on the image below to access this template.

Create a high-quality user guide with our free user manual templates

Our templates will help you to create your desired user guides for different products, including your system, device, tool, instrument, and software. These templates allow you to clear off unprofessional, haphazardly drafted manuals that adversely affect your brand and business. It could also be a great help for creating operation and training manual templates. If you need help with the templates, don't hesitate to contact us.