"if you forget your password", "if you forgot your password" or "if you have forgotten your password"? [closed]
Solution 1:
If you wish for the largest number of readers to understand your message, use the present tense unless it is incorrect. It is not incorrect to use the present tense when describing a procedure:
"If you forget your password, do the following:"
You could probably use the present tense for the entire manual unless you must refer to actual past events or expected future events. This applies to all technical literature.