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 # How to book a Lab Equipment
 
 To help the users to plan their work and to ensure that a lab equipment will be free to use, the Quarks software provides a booking tool. This booking tool is also used by the support team to indicate the maintenance periods, or if an equipment is not available due to a failure or a breakdown.
@@ -11,10 +20,12 @@ To help the users to plan their work and to ensure that a lab equipment will be
 5. How to edit or cancel a booking
 6. How to access the booking history
 
-## 1. How to look for an instrument 
+## 1. How to look for an instrument
+
 In your Quarks account, go on the _Equipment_ platform. In the _Equipment_ section, you have a search tool to help you find an equipment among all the LCSB equipment. You can search by internal reference number (e.g. LCSB01685), model, manufacturer or serial number in the “quick search” field.
 If you want to add more search criteria, you can do so in the drop down list “Add a filter”.
-![1](img\1)
+
+![1](img/1.png)
 
 ## 2. How to know if an instrument is bookable
 You can easily know if the instrument you are looking for is bookable or not thanks to the calendar symbol in the “Actions” column.
@@ -24,7 +35,7 @@ You can also see if the instrument is bookable or not on the side panel that wil
 A bookable instrument will have a calendar icon available. Typically, only specific equipment or equipment that is usually used for long experiments is bookable.
 
 ## 3. How to add an equipment to your Favorites list
-In the “Actions” tools, you have the option to add an instrument in your favorite list by clicking on the heart. 
+In the “Actions” tools, you have the option to add an instrument in your favorite list by clicking on the heart.
 ![4](img\4)
 To have a direct access to your favorite equipment, go in “Equipment” – “My favorites”.
 ![5](img\5)
@@ -37,7 +48,7 @@ You can directly see for which instrument you have the notifications activated b
 ![9](img\9)
 
 ## 4. How to book an instrument
-You have three ways to create a new booking. 
+You have three ways to create a new booking.
 1.	You can book your instrument by clicking on its name, you will have in the right window a reservation section.
 ![10](img\10)
 ![11](img\11)
@@ -46,7 +57,7 @@ You can select the date and time of your booking and also create a recurrent boo
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 3.	The other way of making a new reservation is in the “Reservation” – “Agenda” section.
 ![13](img\13)
-In the “Type” field, select Equipment. You can filter the equipment either by your Favorites and/or by using the different Conditional criteria. 
+In the “Type” field, select Equipment. You can filter the equipment either by your Favorites and/or by using the different Conditional criteria.
 ![14](img\14)
 In “Bookable item”, you can write the name of the equipment and you will have drop down list of corresponding equipment.
 ![15](img\15)
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 By Clicking on the name of the equipment, you can have a weekly overview of the bookings for this equipment. You can also create a booking from here, by clicking on the calendar.
 ![22](img\22)
 ## 5. How to edit or cancel a booking
-You can edit a booking by clicking on the time period. The right window will be displayed. 
+You can edit a booking by clicking on the time period. The right window will be displayed.
 ![23](img\23)
 ![24](img\24)
-Click on “Edit” and you will be able to change the date and time. If you click on “Cancel”, the entire booking will be cancelled. 
+Click on “Edit” and you will be able to change the date and time. If you click on “Cancel”, the entire booking will be cancelled.
 ![25](img\25)
 You can also edit or cancel your booking in the “Reservations” – “ Reservation” section. Click on the equipment name and the right window with your booking information will be displayed.
 ![26](img\26)
 ![27](img\27)
 
-## 6 How to access the booking history 
+## 6 How to access the booking history
 You can have an overview of all the bookings in the “Reservations” – “Reservations” section. You can filter them by date, type (Location or Equipment), name (Bookable item) and person who have made the booking (Reserved by).
 ![28](img\28)