Hi all Does anyone have experience writing documentation for a peripheral device that runs on both Windows and Mac? We're hoping to get away with creating a single set up guide that covers both Windows and Mac (to make packaging cheaper and easier). I've just looked at the Microsoft and Apple style guides though, and my brain is hurting from the number of differences that exist between the two. Here are just a few examples: - Windows has dialog boxes, options that you click, boxes for text entry, and programs that you start - Mac has dialogs, options that you choose, and fields for text entry, and programs that you open To make things even more fun, our Windows and Mac developers are working for different companies in different countries, and both keep editing the set up guide to match the version of the software they are creating. If anyone has been here and done this before, I'd appreciate any help/advice you have for how to keep both camps happy. Did you follow one style guide predominantly? Or did you come up with a compromise solution where you chose a little bit of both? Thanks! Gail Gail Hodgson Written Communications Specialist Opdicom Pty Ltd gail.hodgson@xxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** 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.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************