can a chapter in a book be set to conditional?

[Combs, Richard]

Ulrike Forsberg wrote:

> 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.

You can't make an entire file conditional. Embrace the idea of multiple
books -- this is the sort of thing it's for. In fact, I'd use a separate
book for each manual, each with its own title page file, in which I'd
store the variables for that manual. 

Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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