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When you are designing your Training Manual there are four main ways of presenting your manual. These are: Wire bound (or spiral bound) Coil Bound Perfect Bound Ring Bound   The way you decide to bind the manual depends on the way you run your training course and how you want to present your documents. Another factor to consider is how long you are expecting your delegates to keep the manuals. If the manual is going to be used for only the duration of the course, or for a short time afterwards then a different style of binding would be better than if the manual is to be kept for future long term use. Another factor to consider is how much the course is going to be used whilst on the training course. If the book is to lay flat and also if your delegates need to add more pages to the manual.   We have detailed the most popular binding options below and discussed the pros and cons of each style of binding.   Wire-binding: This is the most popular binding option for training manuals. The metal ring on the manual keeps the manual held together tightly. It’s great for longevity and it will also lay flat on a desk. If the manual is to be written inside a matt paper is preferable, although a silk stock will work with a biro. Tabs can be added at production stage for easy access to chapters. Wire-binding is cost effective and usually an acetate front cover and card back is added to the manuals to make them more hard wearing.   Pros: Hard Wearing Lays flat on a desk Easy to turn pages Tabs can be [...]