Migration Assistant Manual?

I haven't found a Migration Assistant Manual... is there one?
I will soon be getting a Macbookpro. I would like to transfer files from a 700 MHZ G3 Ibook. Right now the IBook has an external firewire drive that has a bootable backup of the Ibook's hardrive.
Instead of connecting the ibook to the macbookpro using a 6 to 6 pin firewire cable (which I don't have), can I connect the external firewire drive (with backup of the Ibook on it) to the macbookpro and use the migration assistant to move data to the new machine?
I plan to move:
user account info
email & email account info
safari bookmarks
itune music songs & playlists
ms word, powerpoint, excel, applesworks files
It would save me from buying that 6 to 6 pin firewire cable which I won't be using more than once.
Ron

"I haven't found a Migration Assistant Manual... is there one?"
Sorry, but no.
"Instead of connecting the ibook to the macbookpro using a 6 to 6 pin firewire cable (which I don't have), "
If you don't have a cable, then how is the external drive connected to the iBook?
"an I connect the external firewire drive (with backup of the Ibook on it) to the macbookpro and use the migration assistant to move data to the new machine?"
Yes, that should work.

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