Muliple Volume Documentation Set for Multiple Site Locations

[Stuart Rogers]

kgrace wrote:

> My initial thought was to develop these documents and make extensive use
> of variables (for the purpose of inserting the various plant names where
> required) and conditional text to put information that is specific to
> the particular plants.  

I don't have a lot of experience with this problem myself, but I've read 
enough posts to know there can be a lot of issues with conditional text 
when there are a lot of conditions and/or overlapping conditions. So you 
might want to weigh the pros and cons of using conditions in a single 
document set versus using text insets in multiple document sets. In 
other words, one approach is to create a single document set and use 
variables and conditions to handle differences. The other approach is to 
create multiple different document sets and use text insets to handle 
similarities. If there's a lot of differing content, or many instances 
where info is common to several but not all sites, then using insets 
might be the better strategy.

HTH,

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Stuart Rogers
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