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A user manual is also known as user guide. It is a technical communication document intended to give assistance to people using a particular system or software.

A user manual is also known as user guide. It is a technical communication document intended to give assistance to people using a particular system or software. It is a document created by the manufacturer of a device that provides detailed installation and operation instructions about software. It helps user to understand how to use the system. User manual can also contain images, screen-shots or video recordings for better and clear understanding. It is usually written by a technical writer in big scale companies, user-manuals can also be written by programmers, software testers, product or project managers, or other technical staff.

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Clang optimization levels

For gcc, the manual explains what -O3, -Os, etc. translate to in terms of specific optimisation arguments (-funswitch-loops, -fcompare-elim, etc.) I'm looking for the same info for clang. I've looked online and in man clang which only gives general…
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Automatically taking screenshots of program window

I'm looking for a software that combines macro recording with screenshot taking capabilities. We have a software manual with a number of screenshots. When new version of software is released we need to update most of screenshots and we have to do…
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Android : How can I implement user manual or app instruction on start up of app

I am new to Android development, I need to show user manual like Flip-kart app on start-up of app. Please refer the image below, You will get an idea about, What actually I want to achieve.... Is there any standard way to achieve this?
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Best software for writing HTML-based user manuals

I'm working on a project where I need to generate end-user documentation for a piece of software. At some point in next year, the piece of software that I am writing this documentation will be retired. Therefore, I do not wish to spend a great deal…
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How to create user manual in Android App?

I saw a beautiful user manual some Apps.There,when user enters to a new page,most of it's surface is gray,except of an area that user must be click it.Also,here user sees some hints.For example like this image: When user clickes on lighter…
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Create a maintainable user manual for application

I'm trying to create a nice looking, easy to maintain user manual for an internal (not public) software application. At a high level, these are the requirements: The documentation the user browses will be static HTML pages. The documentation needs…
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Trouble understanding the Z80 book and flags

I reading the official Zilog User's Manual and I'm having trouble understanding the flags section for each instruction. In the book it says: Condition Bits Affected: ... H: Set if carry from bit 3; reset otherwise ... C: Set if carry…
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Is there any good example of good usable user manual?

i'm trying to create a user manual for based on a vb6 desktop application, it should be used mostly by non technical people on how to use the software and i also need it to show the clients what they're buying into as well. i've seen this previous…
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What does it mean to specify two blobs in `git rebase`?

My question is in two parts. First part: Two blobs in git rebase I am familiar with git rebase -i HEAD^n, where n means the number of commits ago you wish to rebase onto. But, I also sometimes see git rebase -i HEAD. In that case - How…
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Separate website for different products in hosting

I need some help with a project I am planning. I would like a website for customers where they can scan a qr code which takes them to a site with user manuals for their device. They should not necessarily have access to other user manuals if they do…
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Embedding *.chm help file in application itself (C# Winform)

How can I include/embed .*chm help file in application itself (not as separate file in output)? Can it be placed in "Resources.resx" and read from there? I tried this method but it seems that it doesn't work...
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User manual with Doxygen

I am trying to write user-manual/tutorial for my library using doxygen (something similar to the user-manual of the doxygen itself! - link) I used .md files subpageed from the mainpage to create my document hierarchy. I ended up something similar to…
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Android App to host a Product User Manual

I am looking to create an Android Application whose sole purpose will be to display and navigate a user manual that I have in PDF form for a product. I want the application to offer basic navigation with a "Table of Contents"-like Navigation…
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what is the tool that is used to make this documentation ? https://docs.abp.io/en/abp/latest

I am trying to figure out what is the tool that is used to make this documentation. as I am searching for a good documentation tool and preferably free.. any suggestions are appreciated c:
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How to make a website user manual?

I have this project on my HMI(human machine interface) class and our prof want us to do a user manual for a website, and I'm not sure what a user manual is. I searched online and what I've seen is that a user manual should explain the different…
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