Re: Documenting two similar interfaces

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

As a user, I would second the separate help files recommendation.  If I choose 
to reject the new UI in favor of the old one, I don't want to have to look at 
the help for the new one, either.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah Blake" <Sarah -dot- Blake -at- microfocus -dot- com>
> ...but the help is the approximate size of War and Peace, and giving
> double directions for each task seems a bit cumbersome, especially when
> (as seems inevitable) I'm going to have to go back through in a couple
> of releases' time, removing one set.
>
> If I have to, then I have to, but does anyone else who's gone through
> this process have any tips or suggestions?  (The documentation format is
> CHM, created from XML source files.)

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