Manual
A manual or handbook was a work of literature that instructed one on proper procedures.

Manuals were in use aboard the  starship . T'Pol had several technical manuals on the desk in her quarters. ()

Hoshi Sato had a manual next to her communications station on the bridge and  next to his engineering station. ()

In 2267, Khan Noonien Singh noted that starships possessed one luxury which the manuals failed to mention - a beautiful woman. ()

In 2378, the 's Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres described the deep space probe Friendship 1 as being practically a how-to manual. ()

While debriefing on the harrowing experience that brought the  to the 32nd century with the holos at Federation Headquarters, Ensign Sylvia Tilly rhetorically joked "Ask me if any of this was in the handbook." The holo immediately asked, to which Tilly seriously replied "no." ()

Types of manuals 
 Animal training manual
 CTP Training Manual
 Course manual
 Handbook of Exobiology
 Instruction and maintenance manual
 Manual on Penal Colony procedures
 Starfleet Handbook on Personal Relationships
 Starfleet Officer's Manual
 Technical manual

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Literature genres