Quickstart guide

This implies the use of a concise step-based approach that allows the buyer to use a product without any delay, if necessary including the relevant steps needed for installation.

[1][2] Quick start guides are becoming more popular by the day, mainly because of the growing complexity of consumer products such as television sets, cell phones, cars and software applications.

[2][3] A QSG should solve this problem: not only by focusing on the most basic instructions, but also by using visual information that is easy to understand.

[2][3] The answer to this question primarily depends on two things: the ability of the QSG writer to place himself in the shoes of the user and the product itself.

As for the latter: a product that basically only needs some instructions to install it properly after which it functions continuously, is relatively easy to ‘capture’ in a QSG.