How to Make the Best Owner’s Manual

You have just created a great product that you hope will redefine the way people live. Now you need to enable your prospective consumers to use this product in a glitch-free manner. For this, you need some kind of owner’s manual.

Owner’s manual printing is not merely about writing down a set of instructions for the end-user. A good owner’s manual ensures the consumer can use the product successfully, as intended when it was being manufactured.

The following factors make a good owner’s manual a great one.

1. Knowing your product:
   The creator of the owner’s manual should have sound knowledge about the product and be able to translate such knowledge into simple text for the benefit of the prospective user.
2. Simplicity and ease of readability of language and text.
   Keeping in mind the diverse profiles of people who buy your products (housewives, hotel owners, single professionals, etc.), keep the language simple and easy to understand. An owner’s manual full of technical jargon will not accomplish anything and might even hinder sales.
3. Text information which is coupled with visuals and graphics.
   When images and a little non-alphabetical information accompany text material, it is easier to understand. In addition, it improves the aesthetic value of your manual. Hence, while going for owner’s manual printing, go for graphic images wherever possible. A combination of both text and images works wonders towards making your manual printing more attractive and easier to understand.
4. Concise and accurate info.
   We have all heard about the syndrome of ‘too much information,’ haven’t we? Unnecessarily bogging down the consumer with difficult-to-understand technical information will not really serve the purpose. Therefore, keep the information short and sweet. It is, of course, important to include all necessary and relevant data.

   Still, you should avoid repeating the information (unless it is something really important like a precautionary measure). Also, it should not have too much information with extensive, difficult-to-understand terminology.

5. Focus on the end-user –the consumer.
   While drafting the user manual, ensure that you focus on the consumer. That way, you will be in tune with the kind of info that your end-user will understand and grasp without difficulty.

   Owner’s manual printing should have as easy words as possible. So, when next creating an owner’s manual will definitely make a positive difference in your sales. Need help with printing that perfect manual? Call Spectra today.