I have some manuals I need to transcribe. Because of the nature of the text OCR would not work, so I need them manually transcribed, This is a very simple task... you copy the text from one page of the manual onto one page in word, and that is it.
Some text in the manual will have fancy layout. Worry not about that. Just deliver the text in word.
Do NOT work the layout. Simple text, no tables, no boxes, do NOT try to copy how the manual looks. Just copy the text.