This is technical documentation covering the software’s ui dialogs, settings, configurations, and parameters.

Common types of quick-reference guides

Learn your audience’s needs and expectations and then create the content they need to succeed.

• Quick-start guide
  Help your users get up and running quickly with your product.

• Core or basic task guides
  Similar to a quick-start guide, but offers an overview of how to use your product or service’s most basic or core features.

• Guide to more advanced features
  Once your users are ready to take things to a new level, use a quick-reference guide to introduce them to other functionality or features.

• Guide to product changes
  Did your software recently update? Use a quick-reference guide to walk your users through the changes.

• Step-by-step how-to
  Got a process you need to explain? Show it!

• User manual for products with limited features or functionality
  If your product doesn’t require a huge manual, a quick-reference guide may be all the documentation you need.