can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?

[Fred Ridder]

What is your objection to building two books? That's the way FrameMaker is designed to work. If it weren't for the ability to build different books from differing collections of chapters is the primary reason for the extra comlication of the chapter/book paradigm.

-Fred Ridder

 
> Subject: can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?
> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:54:16 +0200
> From: ufo at thrane.com
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> 
> Hi Framers,
> I have a book file with a number of chapters and appendices. I use the
> same book file for 3 manuals, which I control with 3 conditional text
> tags.
> One of the appendices is only used in 2 of the manuals. Can I make this
> appendix conditional? 
> My fallback solution is to make a separate book for this manual. I'd
> prefer though to have a single book. 
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> Ulrike Forsberg
> Technical writer
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