If you're smart enough to write a technical reference manual, you should be able to learn how to do this in MS Word in, what, half an hour? An hour? :-) I think your time would be far better spent learning how to do this in MS Word than searching for some alternative word processing software that might possibly make it easier to do it.
People do this all the time: I did it myself for my database book. MS Word allows you to create "styles" that you can use to distinguish your main text from special types of text, like block quotes or examples or, as in your case, code snippets. Why bother learning something else in addition unless it offers specific advantages? I'd need a very good reason to use anything else, as to function in a Western business, government, or academic environment these days you pretty much have to use MS Word at some point. Open Office is there for people who just want to rebel against Microsoft.
MS Word pretty much dominates the market. I think MS Word and Open Office would be the obvious candidates.
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