[DELETE AFTER READING: Here is a generic template that you can use to outline and share software documentation using Scribe. You can learn more about Scribe here and see how to duplicate and use this template here.]

Introduction

This brief overview guides your employees and helps them understand what the template is all about, and what they need to do with it.

The introduction section should provide more context about the task, identify the employees responsible for it, and outline how the task should be completed in a step-by-step guide.

Purpose of the task

One of the best ways to outline this section successfully is by answering the question “why.” This helps you to understand what you’re doing better and includes more details for your employees in the next steps. 

Instructions

This is a detailed description of how to do each task step. If you have several tasks in a larger project, I recommend breaking out into smaller step-by-step guides. Here is an example of a step-by-step guide made with Scribe:

Step 1: Create an account

Step 2:

Now you can create more step-by-step guides for each step. Here's a placeholder Scribe that you can replace with your own.

Step 3:

Here's a placeholder Scribe that you can replace with your own.

Step 4:

Here's a placeholder Scribe that you can replace with your own.