{"id":4149,"date":"2012-06-30T11:35:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T01:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2012-06-03T12:27:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T02:27:50","slug":"making-procedure-manuals-accessible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2012\/06\/making-procedure-manuals-accessible\/","title":{"rendered":"Making procedure manuals accessible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How many picture a 'manual'<\/p><\/div>\n

Looking back at what I’ve written in previous June, I came across a post from 2011\u00a0about making manuals less intimidating<\/a>and therefore simpler to use.<\/p>\n

A manual or instruction guide is just a collection of procedures. If each procedure is written well<\/a>, they are useful documents to have in any business<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once people are used to having good procedures to follow, it is a simple step to make manuals accessible rather than intimidating and officious.<\/p>\n

Manuals can be presented in many ways<\/h2>\n

Even to me, the word manual conjures up images of big heavy folders, covered in dust, and difficult to use.<\/p>\n

There is no need for all your procedures to be kept in a heavy (or light!) folder. Make it more accessible with any or all of the following ideas:<\/p>\n

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  1. put individual procedures where they are used. So the procedure for how to use a piece of equipment is stuck on the wall near that piece of equipment or inside it’s case if the equipment is portable<\/li>\n
  2. make the procedures available in soft copy in a series of folders\u00a0– looking in an electronic\u00a0folder is something most people are now used to\u00a0while hyperlinks and\u00a0search functions make it even easier to find the right procedure<\/li>\n
  3. for procedures you do need to print out, put only related procedures\u00a0in each folder so they can be stored where needed and handled with ease<\/li>\n
  4. think about other ways to have all procedures (and perhaps your policies as well)\u00a0together. Maybe a tablet or e-reader would be more useful in your situation – there is a search function, version control is easy and the collection is light to carry around and use<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What creative ways can you think of for presenting procedures in your\u00a0business?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Looking back at what I’ve written in previous June, I came across a post from 2011\u00a0about making manuals less intimidatingand therefore simpler to use. A manual or instruction guide is just a collection of procedures. If each procedure is written well, they are useful documents to have in any business. Once people are used to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1425],"tags":[1512,1513,1140,1446,700],"class_list":["post-4149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-communications","tag-assessable","tag-folder","tag-manual","tag-procedure","tag-procedures"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t