Change one parameter and you end up editing a dozen files — and still miss one? We turn content differences into tags, and publishing filters them automatically: one source, N manuals.
Using a roots vacuum pump manual as the example — one source file, with the publishing condition product=roots pump, the system does three things automatically:
The same logic applies to your equipment: publish the US edition and European regulatory sections disappear; publish the high-end edition and low-end notes disappear.
Makers of blister, filling, labelling and cartoning machines — and their suppliers of servo, vacuum and sensor systems.
Sell the same machine to two customers and the interfaces differ, so the installation section changes.
One Italian manufacturer has 1,500-page manuals, laid out page by page, with translation managed manually.
The US needs 21 CFR Part 11, Europe needs GMP Annex 11, the Middle East has its own requirements.
Miss one place and the customer receives the wrong manual.
Alongside a thousand-page manual comes validation documentation, stretching delivery timelines.
All differences become tags and conditions — no rebuilt copy for each variant.
Choose product, market and configuration; the system keeps what belongs and removes the rest.
Edit a term or parameter once and every variant stays in sync.
When stricter structuring and baseline management are needed, add XDocs 5.4 underneath.
30 minutes with one of your own manuals, and we demonstrate conditional publishing live.
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