Michelle: We user Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) for version management and single-sourcing management. All our documentation and some of our help is maintained in FrameMaker. We use FrameMaker's condition formats (the ability to selectively reveal or conceal content) for content management. Different manuals sharing source files have different projects or views into the file database, so any writer working on a particular deliverable only sees the files relevant to that deliverable. You programmers can help you with the concept of shared files and multiple views into a set of files. Regards, Hedley -- Hedley Finger Technical Communications/Technical communicator and FrameMaker mentor MYOB Australia <http://www.myob.com.au/> P.O. box 371 Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia 12 Wesley Court Tally Ho Business Park East Burwood VIC 3151 Australia <mailto:hedley_finger@xxxxxxxxxxx> Tel. +61 3 9222 9992 x 7421, Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 (C) MYOB Limited 2002 ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************