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Make a Quick Reference Guide

Create a quick start guide template

Provide your users with quick and easily accessible information in minutes.

Create quick reference guides in minutes with Snagit's free templates. You'll get a simple and professional look without being a designer.

Get dozens of professionally designed templates, and customize them in minutes. With a few simple clicks, you can change the screenshots, colors, fonts, and layout to fit what task you are trying to show.

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How to create a quick reference guide

Learn how to create a one from a template, step by step.

1. Select images to use in your guide

To use a template, click the Create button and choose Image from Template or select images from the Recent Captures tray, then right-click and choose Combine in Template.

2. Choose a template

Depending on what your guide will show, you can choose a template with numbered steps, a timeline, or even a comparison to show the difference between two images.

Note: Snagit comes with free, basic templates, and there are more templates available with an annual subscription to TechSmith Assets for Snagit. 

3. Arrange images, add a title and captions

If your images are not in the order you desire, drag to rearrange them. To make your guide easy to follow, add title text and brief captions in the text boxes. When everything is set, click Combine.

4. Adjust your images

Images are scaled to fill each space. To adjust the zoom and position of an image, double click the drop zone, and resize and move the image as needed.

5. Share your quick reference guide

When your guide is complete, print it, save it as a PDF or image file, or send it to one of Snagit’s outputs like Screencast.com, Email, or Microsoft Word for quick and easy sharing.