[framers] Conditional text

[Ridder, Fred]

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "tracing" conditional text.
But to answer the second part of the question, when you attempt
to delete a condition tag (highlight the tag in the Conditional Text
dialog, click Edit Condition Tag, click Delete) FrameMaker will
present a further dialog (asking whether you wish to delete the
tagged text or make it unconditional) if and only if the tag is 
applied to some text in the current file. If the tag is not applied 
to anything in the file, the tag is simply deleted.

For managing conditional tags, the best solution is to use a 
series of FrameMaker template files for each set of conditions 
rather than some external file type. The text of each file explains 
when the condition set should be used, what conditions will be 
set in particular ways, and even step-by-step instructions on how 
to do this. But the real value is that this file is set up with the
particular set of conditional text settings so that all you need
to do is use File>Import>Formats to import them from the 
template into the file or book that you are working with.

My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com)
Intel
Parsippany, NJ



-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Yves Barbion
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 7:45 AM
To: Framers List
Subject: [framers] Conditional text

Hello Framers and Framescripters,

two questions about conditional text usage in Frame 7:

1. What are the ways (plug-ins, framescripts) to automatically trace 
conditional text in a file (or book) which has not been applied? Also, 
can these condition tags be removed, if necessary?

2. Suppose I've got a file (Excel sheet or a table) with an overview of 
which conditional text should used in which file (multiple languages). 
Is is possible to take this file and  automatically apply these settings

to a book?

-- 
Yves Barbion 
Technical Writer
Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor
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