Structured docs or conditional text

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In essence, both can do what you want. Structured language is easier to 
manage, but more difficult and expensive to initiate. Conditional text 
will work, you have to know what conditions are exclusive, which are 
inclusive with which scenarios, and structure the conditions that way. 
It can be tricky.

Scott

Carl Yorke wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I came to tech writing late in life (ten years ago), so there's a lot
> about it, and technology, that doesn't come naturally.
>
>  
>
> I want to single source my install instructions. All outputs right now
> are PDF, but I need to document how to install our product for
> production, for QA, and for demos. In addition, the install instructions
> vary depending on the hardware. 
>
>  
>
> Conditional text seems awfully complex for this situation, and I don't
> even know if using structured FrameMaker is a possible solution. 
>
>  
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>  
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl Yorke
>
> TAG Systems
>
> Mountain View, CA
>
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