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Nicholas S.

User Manuals That Don't Suck | Rewrite + Redesign | Technical Writer

If your manual reads like a translation or a spec sheet, I rewrite it into a clean, layout-ready user guide. I create user manuals, instruction guides, and quick start guides for physical products. Clear steps. Consistent terminology. Built from your source materials. I help product brands turn supplier text and rough drafts into clear instructions customers can actually follow — setup, use, cleaning, and troubleshooting — without inventing features or changing functions. How I work • Intake: You send your current manual or supplier text, product photos (labels and buttons matter), and any specs or packaging text. • Manual audit: I flag unclear steps, contradictions, missing info, and safety wording that needs cleanup. • Terminology lock: I standardise names for parts, buttons, modes, and indicators. Printed labels stay exactly as printed. • Rewrite for real users: Clear sections, numbered steps, consistent warnings/notes, and tables where they help (troubleshooting, cleaning, specs). • Final QA: Consistency check (terms/labels/units) + safety coverage check + “matches source” check. • Delivery: Layout-ready in Word or Google Docs (ODF available), ready for layout or translation. • Translation (optional add-on): For an additional fee, I can provide AI-assisted translations. I only speak English, so a fluent speaker must review and approve the translated text before it’s published. What you receive • Layout-ready manual text (structured and consistent) • Terminology list (concept → approved term) • Short list of open questions only when information is genuinely missing or unclear

🇺🇸Salt Lake City, United States$78/hr100% JSS5.00 (6)Since Nov 2021

Earnings and projects

MRR
$0

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#42,972 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#8,608 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$0
Total earnings
$92k

Billed in all: $96k

World#42,972 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#8,608 / 62.1k
Per project
$5.1k

$0 in the last 6 months

Projects, last 6 months
1
0% fixed100% hourly
World#128,096 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#16,472 / 62.1k
Projects in all
18

Across 23 contracts

22% fixed78% hourly
World#143,610 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#20,770 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

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$94k$95k$96k$97kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

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