A management apparatus searches whether or not a notification file
corresponding to a document name displayed on a display is present within
a difference management table, and displays a predetermined indication
"*", which indicates the presence of a notification file, on the display,
when a notification file is present. When conventional documents are
converted into electronic documents, there arises problems that rather
inconveniences would be brought compared to the paper-printed documents
before converted into the electronic documents, and these inconveniences
may cause mistakes in the work and misjudgments in the maintenance and
operation of machinery and equipment and may induce considerable
economical loss in the business activities and serious accidents in the
maintenance and operation of machinery and equipment. However, these
problems are solved by the present invention.