User tutorial: to be written in first or second person?

Question

I'm writing a user tutorial but I'm unsure as to what perspective it should be written from e.g., first, second? The tutorial is a friendly guide showing how the user should do x. Example: > Viewing your file there are some special instructions you should be familiar with. > Viewing our file there are some special instructions we should be familiar with. > ..and refers to the version we want to install. > ...and refers to the version you want to install. Which is correct?

Answer 1

Do you want to refer to yourself in this tutorial or do you want to address your audience?

My suggestion would be to stick with the second person (use pronouns like you, your, yours).