Moving iTunes from PC to Mac OSX possible?

Hi,
My friend has bought a new Mac with OSX 10.5 and wants me to move his iTunes from his PC to Mac, now I can get all the music copied over as I have set the network up and can browse to both computers. iTunes is installed on the Mac but empty, what is the next step? On the PC I usually just hold down the shift key and load it and tell iTunes where my music is.

These pages may be of some help:
How to move an iTunes library from a PC to Mac (and back)
How to move your iTunes library from Windows to Mac
Don't forget by the way if your friend has purchased any tracks from the iTunes Music Store to deauthorise his old PC if he's disposing of it so it doesn't use up one of his 5 allowances: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation

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