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-# User Guide
+# Chatbot Battch User Guide
 
-## Features 
+This is a chatbot built based on the Project Duke template. Given below are instructions on how to use it.
 
-### Feature-ABC
+## Setting up in Intellij
 
-Description of the feature.
+Prerequisites: JDK 11, update Intellij to the most recent version.
 
-### Feature-XYZ
+1. Open Intellij (if you are not in the welcome screen, click `File` > `Close Project` to close the existing project first)
+1. Open the project into Intellij as follows:
+    1. Click `Open`.
+    1. Select the project directory, and click `OK`.
+    1. If there are any further prompts, accept the defaults.
+1. Configure the project to use **JDK 11** (not other versions) as explained in [here](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/sdk.html#set-up-jdk).<br>
+   In the same dialog, set the **Project language level** field to the `SDK default` option.
+3. After that, locate the `src/main/java/Duke.java` file, right-click it, and choose `Run Duke.main()` (if the code editor is showing compile errors, try restarting the IDE). If the setup is correct, you should see something like the below as the output:
+   ```
+   ____________________________________________________________
+   Hello! I'm Battch
+   What can I do for you?
+   ____________________________________________________________
+   ```
 
-Description of the feature.
+## Launch Battch Using JAR file
 
-## Usage
+1. Copy the jar file into an empty folder.
+2. Open a command window in that folder.
+3. Run the command `java -jar {filename}.jar` e.g., `java -jar Duke.jar` (i.e., run the command in the same folder as the jar file).
 
-### `Keyword` - Describe action
+## Features
 
-Describe the action and its outcome.
+Enter a line of text adds the item to the list. You should see somethind like the below as the output:
+```
+read book
+____________________________________________________________
+added: read book
+Now you have 1 tasks in the list.
+____________________________________________________________
+```
 
-Example of usage: 
+Command List:
+1. `list`: print all existing tasks in the list.
+2. `mark INDEX_NUMBER`: mark the task indicated by the index as Done:
+   ```
+   mark 1
+   ____________________________________________________________
+   Nice! I've marked this task as done:
+   [X] read book
+   ____________________________________________________________
+   ```
+3. `unmark INDEX_NUMBER`: mark the task indicated by the index as Not Done:
+   ```
+   unmark 1
+   ____________________________________________________________
+   OK, I've marked this task as not done yet:
+   [ ] read book
+   ____________________________________________________________
+   ```
+4. `todo DESCRIPTION`: add a todo task.
+5. `deadline DESCRIPTION [/by DUE_DATE]`: add a task that need to be done before a specific date/time.
+6. `event DESCRIPTION [/from START_DATE] [/to END_DATE]`: add a task that start at a specific date/time and ends at a specific date/time.
+7. `delete INDEX_NUMBER`: remove the task indicated by the index from the list.
 
-`keyword (optional arguments)`
+Notes about the command format:
 
-Expected outcome:
+Words in UPPER_CASE are the parameters to be supplied by the user.
+e.g. in `add n/NAME`, `NAME` is a parameter which can be used as add n/John Doe.
 
-Description of the outcome.
+Items in square brackets are optional.
+e.g `n/NAME [t/TAG]` can be used as `n/John Doe t/friend` or as `n/John Doe`.
 
-```
-expected output
-```
+Extraneous parameters for commands that do not take in parameters (such as `help`, `list`, `exit` and `clear`) will be ignored.
+e.g. if the command specifies `help 123`, it will be interpreted as `help`.