It is not clear from the original email how intertwined the country differences are. If much of a given chapter is identical, then an inset strategy might work. Make the text that is identical for both countries an inset and keep the text that is different maintained locally. Then you wouldn't have to worry about copying and pasting text back and forth, you would just keep the inset text in a commonly accessible location.
An advantage of using "shell" chapters with insets is that the chapter keeps the page layout (letter vs. A4 for example) and all the variables and the inset text picks that stuff up seamlessly. Fred -- Fred Wersan Senior Technical Writer MAK Technologies 68 Moulton St. Cambridge, MA 02138 617-876-8085
