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Free MadCap Flare Project Templates
and Pre-Written Manuals
MadCap Flare offers dozens of pre-installed project templates for print, online, desktop and mobile content. The pre-built project templates are available during trial mode and do not need to be downloaded.
Modern responsive project templates are available below as a free download, as well as pre-written manuals for employee handbooks and medical office policy and procedures. The manuals and technical writing examples are easy to customize to suit any writing style such as academic writing or technical writing, and include variables (Company Name, Titles, etc.) that allow a technical writer, content developer or subject matter expert to update technical documentation information in one place and automatically apply them throughout the project without requiring heavy technical writing skills or expertise.
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Technical Documentation Templates
eLearning and Instructional Design
Professional Pre-Written Manuals
Pre-Installed Templates
To replace or add additional project templates, please follow these steps:
Download one of the Flare project templates below.
Extract the file(s) from the zip file.
Double-click the Flare project file (FLPRJ) to open the project.
Kinds of Technical Documentation
A technical document is part of business writing. Here are the most common technical documentations you may come across no matter your audience and line of business industry. All downloads are free for MadCap Flare users.
- User manual - Designed for end users where that provides technical specifications, as well as clear and systematic descriptions of product features, components, and functions.
- User documentation - A guide that encompasses all tutorials, troubleshooting instructions, FAQs, API/SDK documentation and other related technical information about a product.
- Release Notes - Provide in-depth software documentation with explanations about software features, including bug fixes or updates.
- Process Documentation - A step-by-step guide to assist employees in accomplishing a process or task.
Technical Documentation Templates
Top Navigation
The following style guide and technical writing templates are supported in MadCap Flare 2017 r2 and higher. All output previews have been published using MadCap Central.
Santaluz
This sleek, simple design highlights a top navigation layout with easy to use navigation link boxes. Plus, an added menu displays topics with customizable tiles that can be easily adjusted or added for a better user experience.
Moonlight
This template’s modern look and feel makes navigating through documentation easy. Prominent how-to links and a video tutorial section to highlight important announcements and feature updates.
Del Mar
This highly customizable template features a large hero image spanning across the home page. A brief summary can be added to each topic providing an introduction into various sections for additional context.
Morena
A vibrant template with a modern look and feel, this site utilizes multi-colored tiles so users can dive into various topics, tutorials or training guides quickly and easily.
Coronado
A responsive grid layout with customizable tiles that can be easily adjusted. Multiple navigation options make it easy for users to find documentation, news, and community updates across multiple projects.
Girard
A template designed with mobile users in mind. User-friendly navigation showcases relevant information to visitors, directing them to important articles and content.
Sunset
A unique way to display technical communication websites and documentation, featuring a side menu and appealing visuals. Additional categories can be easily added to ease navigation for users.
Silverado
An ideal start to building a responsive portal for technical documentation and other types of technical content. The polished, adaptive style and layout prominently displays categories and visuals where they can't be missed.
Torrey
An elegant, minimal way to display documentation. Tiles can be customized to display categories; home page categories, icons and gradients can be easily added, removed and edited by a content writer.
Soledad
This modern, professional layout provides your users with a comprehensive start to navigating your technical documents. Logos and colors can be easily added or edited.
Ivanhoe
Design is stripped down to the essentials, providing your users with the exact information they need. Tiles can be added or removed, and are prominently displayed on the homepage, with a minimal background.
Balboa
Taking advantage of the responsive, long-format design and parallax scrolling, this professional technical documentation template is a great way to display content, while providing visual elements that match with your company's look and feel.
Side Navigation
The following templates are supported in MadCap Flare 2018 and higher. All output previews have been published using MadCap Central.
Solana
A prominent side navigation offers easy navigation for users to drill into features or training material quickly. A homepage and topic page search bar allows for your audience or reader to search for content such as a user guide, technical manual, reference manual, executive summary, or general training material quickly and easily.
Herschel
Designed to look like a modern website, this template features an easy-to-use side navigation menu for an enhanced user experience. The navigation menu can be easily positioned on the left or the right side.
Cardiff
A streamlined homepage gives your audience the starting point they need to explore your technical documentation. Topic pages take advantage of the accessible design of side navigation menus, letting users know exactly where they are.
eLearning and Instructional Design Templates
The following templates are supported in MadCap Flare 2018 and higher. All output previews have been published using MadCap Central.
eLearning
Carmel
This responsive eLearning course template provides a course title page with an image, and navigation buttons for a linear user experience. Supported in MadCap Flare 2021 and higher.
Cabrillo
This responsive eLearning course template provides a course title page with a background image, a chapter-based menu outline and navigation elements for a sleek, simple design. Supported in MadCap Flare 2021 and higher.
Instructional Design
Monterey
This print-based project has been designed to produce instructor and student specific PDF manuals, including assessment questions. This template is supported in MadCap Flare 2021 and higher.
Marina
This template contains two separate outputs. The instructor manual is intended to contain content that is tagged as instructor and all of the content for the student manual. The student manual only contains content that is specific to students and will exclude the content tagged for instructors. This template is supported in MadCap Flare 2018 and higher.
Professional Pre-Written Manuals
The following technical manual examples are easy to customize, and include variables (Company Name, Titles, etc.) that allows your technical content writer and subject matter expert to update the information in one place and automatically apply them throughout the project. These pre-written manuals and technical writing examples let you generate both online and PDF outputs out of the box, and are supported in MadCap Flare 2018 and higher.
Employee Handbook Manual Template
The Employee Handbook Manual includes comprehensive information on employee policies and procedures, covering topics such as compensation, benefits, standards of conduct and more.
Medical Office Policy and Procedure Manual Template
The Medical Office Policy and Procedure Manual contains comprehensive information on health care and administrative standards that can affect day-to-day operations.
Legal Disclaimer: Documents may not reflect the compliance issues relevant to your state, locality or organization. All legal documents or any materials created with these documents should be reviewed by your legal counsel for compliance with federal and state laws and regulations and should be modified to suit your organization’s culture, industry and practices.
Pre-Installed Templates
MadCap Flare offers dozens of pre-installed project templates for print, online, desktop and mobile content. The pre-built project templates are available during trial mode and do not need to be downloaded.
Online and Print Templates
Side Navigation and PDF
Top Navigation and PDF
Tripane and PDF
Tutorial Templates
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