Horsell Technical Communications' Update & Illustrate Program helps organisations refresh outdated manuals, guides, and reference materials. Many legacy documents were produced decades ago in static, text-heavy formats. They may still be accurate but are difficult to use, inconsistent with modern standards, or visually outdated.
Through our Update & Illustrate Program, we modernise content for clarity, compliance, and usability. We add technical illustrations, convert text into structured digital formats, and ensure compliance with Defence and industry standards.
Whether the goal is converting printed manuals into interactive PDFs, enriching documents with diagrams and schematics, or aligning content with S1000D or DEF(AUST) frameworks, we make legacy documentation clear, engaging, and future ready.
Contact us to schedule a consultation and discover how the Update & Illustrate Program can help you revitalise legacy documents, reduce user error, and improve compliance.
Bring outdated documents up to current standards without rewriting from scratch.
Add illustrations and visuals to improve comprehension or sharpen and colorise old visuals for better effect.
Transform paper-based manuals into accessible, digital formats for modern use.
Update documents to meet S1000D, DEF(AUST), ASDEFCON, and industry-specific requirements.
Convert static content into interactive PDFs, eLearning modules, or CMS-ready content.
Unify tone, style, and formatting across document suites for professional, compliant outputs.
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It’s our packaged service that refreshes outdated documentation with visuals, structured formatting, and compliance alignment.
Updating is often faster, more cost-effective, and retains institutional knowledge while improving usability.
We can do both. We enhance documents with technical illustrations, schematics, and diagrams as required.
Yes. We digitise and restructure hard copy documents into modern, digital, and compliant outputs.
No. We deliver Update & Illustrate services across Defence, utilities, healthcare, transport, and commercial industries.
We adapt to your requirements with flexible delivery models in Australia or blended and remote services for international customers:
This flexibility ensures you get the right level of support at the right value for money, whether you need hands-on integration, hybrid collaboration, or fully remote expertise.
Beyond our Update and Illustrate program, we provide a full suite of services, including technical authoring or technical writing, technical illustrations, structured content and legacy data conversion, digitisation, translation & localisation, compliance and QA support, UX and usability, and specialist advisory services. These offerings ensure your documentation is clear, compliant, and scalable across industries such as Defence, government, utilities, transport, healthcare, and advanced manufacturing.
In addition to technical communications, Horsell delivers a full suite of professional services, including Commercial & Procurement, Engineering & Technical Management, Project Management, and Integrated Logistics Support. We also design and implement innovative technology solutions — such as templatebot, Agent VFM, Bid or No Bid, RateMyTender and Resume Match Mate — that help clients automate, scale, and streamline their business systems. You can explore all of these services on our relevant websites or by talking with our experts.