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Subject:Re: One manual, two products From:"Sukach, Rebecca" <Rebecca -dot- Sukach -at- CAI -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 26 Mar 1999 10:13:55 -0500
We have a similar situation - a single manual that documents the same
product on 2 platforms: UNIX and NT. We use 2 symbols - one to indicate
the start of platform-specific information (a little icon representing a PC
or a UNIX server, depending) and one to indicate the end of
platform-specific information (a small diamond). This approach makes it
very clear which tasks are platform-dependent. You could use a similar
approach with your problem, developing an icon that represents your Pro
product and an "end" icon that represents the end of your Pro-specific task.
Hope that helps!
Becky Sukach
