How-to

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Individual general-knowledge how-tos are being moved from Wikipedia to Wikibooks, on the How-tos bookshelf. For solution-centered practical how-tos, there is the Wikihowto project (formaly Wikisolutions). For a list of how-tos related to Wikipedia itself, see Wikipedia:Help.

A how-to is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish some specific task. They are generally meant to help non-experts, and may leave out details that are only important to experts, and may be greatly simplified from an overall discussion of the topic. See procedural knowledge for a discussion of what sort of knowledge is imparted, and how far it can be imparted, in how-tos.

Other types of instructional documentation include FAQ's, manuals and guides.

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