How to reduce the cost of paper manuals?

Part 3: Cost Reduction!


How to reduce the cost of paper manuals?


Is it really necessary?
That paper manual

Are you dissatisfied with the current operation of paper manuals? Costs (shipping fees, storage fees), space (bulky), effort (printing with each revision), and so on... Just thinking about it a little can bring up quite a few issues.



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Currently, we provide users with printed paper manuals (PDF downloads are also available), but we would like to eliminate printed materials if possible..

What are the features of the online manual?

There are three benefits to converting manuals to the web.



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As long as you have a browser, it can be viewed on any device, allowing for an increase in color variety and expression... The biggest appeal is that it can be realized without considering printing costs. Additionally, maintenance is also easy. Not only for Japanese manuals, but also when translating and deploying manuals into multiple languages, it leads to a reduction in costs and the burden of update work.

Let's web-enable manuals with one source, multiple uses

By using InDesign as a single source, you can easily create HTML and PDF.



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Cost reduction, high-quality documentation, and easy maintenance are achieved through "one source, multi-use."

Source data management will be done in
InDesign
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Thorough introduction of case studies on manual creation from other companies!Learn from case studies of other companies
How to proceed with manual creation

Before starting to create a manual, by learning about other companies' manual creation examples, you can understand the "key points of creation" and "common challenges" to gain hints for manual creation.

 

Recommended for

  • I want to proceed with manual creation, but there is too much volume, and I don't know where to start.
  • ・I am unsure if I can accomplish what I want to do in-house
  • ・I want to know how other companies are progressing with manual creation

 

 

[Introducing Companies]

  • TOTSUMEDIA Inc.
  • BANDAI SPIRITS CO., LTD.
  • NTT DATA KANSAI CORPORATION
  • SBI SECURITIES Co.,Ltd.
  • NNTTDATA CUSTOMER SERVICE CORPORATION
  • WingArc1st Inc.
  • Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.

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