Cfrgtkky

I am making a Technical Manual using the memoir Class, since I heard it is very customizable. Far now I've got this:

documentclass[8pt,a5paper]{memoir}



usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage[english]{babel}



usepackage{graphicx}

usepackage{float}



usepackage{microtype}



hoffset = -20pt

voffset = -20pt



usepackage{lipsum}



begin{document}



pagenumbering{gobble}% Remove page numbers (and reset to 1)

clearpage

thispagestyle{empty}



begin{huge}

textbf{Apparatus User's Guide}

end{huge}



begin{figure}[H]

  centering

  includegraphics[width=0.9textwidth, height=1textwidth]{Images/Main/Plasma-Ball.jpg}

end{figure}



newpage



pagenumbering{Roman}



begin{normalsize}



tableofcontents



end{normalsize}



newpage



thispagestyle{plain}



pagenumbering{arabic}



section{Introduction}



begin{figure}[H]

  centering

  includegraphics[width=0.4textwidth, height=0.4textwidth]{Images/Main/Plasma-Globe.jpg}

  caption{Plasma Globe}

end{figure}



lipsum



newpage



thispagestyle{plain}



section{Components}



textbf{Mechanics}



lipsum



textbf{Electronics}



lipsum



newpage



section{Assembling}



lipsum



newpage



section{Turn it on}



lipsum



newpage



section{Calibration}



lipsum



newpage



section{TroubleShooting}



lipsum



end{document}

But I am not very sure about how they look certain things and I don't know how to change them. For example the table of contents. All the sections start with 0.X instead of X.

The other pages have in the upper right corner the word Contents. I think it is irrelevant placing that word in that place and I don't know how to remove it.

The Cover Page, I don't know if it is fine to let it the way it looks

I would appreciate any other suggestions for an User's Guide either using packages or configuring the memoir class. Thanks

Edition

To get rid of your issues you need to change the code a little bit. Please note, that memoir does not support to change the line for a chapter in TOC (to add dotted line).

The code changings I marked with <====== in the following MWE:

documentclass[%

  8pt,

  a5paper,

  article % <===========================================================

]{memoir}



usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage[english]{babel}



usepackage{graphicx}

usepackage{float}



usepackage{microtype}



hoffset = -20pt

voffset = -20pt



usepackage{lipsum}





begin{document}



pagenumbering{gobble}% Remove page numbers (and reset to 1)

clearpage

thispagestyle{empty}



begin{huge}

textbf{Apparatus User's Guide}

end{huge}



begin{figure}[H]

  centering

  includegraphics[width=0.9textwidth, height=1textwidth]{example-image}

end{figure}



newpage



pagenumbering{Roman}



begin{normalsize}



tableofcontents* % <===================================================



end{normalsize}



newpage



thispagestyle{plain}



pagenumbering{arabic}



chapter{Introduction} % <==============================================



begin{figure}[H]

  centering

  includegraphics[width=0.4textwidth, height=0.4textwidth]{example-image-a}

  caption{Plasma Globe}

end{figure}



lipsum



newpage



thispagestyle{plain}



chapter{Components}



textbf{Mechanics}



lipsum



textbf{Electronics}



lipsum



newpage



chapter{Assembling}



lipsum



newpage



chapter{Turn it on}



lipsum



newpage



chapter{Calibration}



lipsum



newpage



chapter{TroubleShooting}



lipsum



end{document}

It results then for example in the following TOC:

You can open the manual of memoir on your computer by typing in your console/terminal: texdoc memoir.

As you can see the pdf file is in A5 format (the german "Seiengröße" means page size in english):

I have some answers for you but you have asked too many questions in your comments. Here is something you may work with:

documentclass[%

  % 8pt   % no 8pt option try 9pt

  9pt,

  a5paper,

  article, % chapters set as sections and so on

]{memoir}



usepackage{graphicx}



setulmarginsandblock{1in}{2in}{*} % change the layout, see the manual

checkandfixthelayout



usepackage{lipsum}



begin{document}



begin{titlingpage} % the title page



{hugebfseries{Apparatus User's Guide}}



begin{center}

includegraphics[width=0.9textwidth, height=1textwidth]{example-image-b}

end{center}

end{titlingpage}



renewcommand{cftchapterdotsep}{cftdotsep} % put dots in chapter ToC entries

newfixedcaption{figcaption}{figure} % for a non-float figure caption



tableofcontents*

listoffigures



chapter{First major heading}

section{A minor heading}



lipsum[1]



begin{center}

includegraphics{example-image-duck}

figcaption{A duck} % figure caption but not in a float

end{center}



lipsum[2]



chapter{Second major heading}

section{Minor heading}



(1) lipsum[1]



end{document}

Please read the relevant portions of the manual (> texdoc memoir); I know it is large but it covers a lot of ground.

There is no 8pt class option, the nearest is 9pt which I have difficulty in reading.

Use the article class option to get the result looking like an article. The downside is that you have to use chapter instead of section for the main divisions. The upside is that if you later think you should have used the report or book class all you have to do is remove the article option.

I suggest you do not use the [H] option for floats, which turns them into fixed items (see HEINEOUS ). memoir has its own way of dealing with this.

If you are changing the layout then memoir provides a comprehensive means of doing this. You should never need to change the values of hoffset and voffset which are down in the nitty-gritty of TeX..