How to clean up unwanted conditionals in book

[Robert Lauriston]

Conditional text settings are stored in each .fm file. I think
book-level conditional text is new in FM 13.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> They're stored in the book file, not the individual files. There are two
> ways to get rid of them as long as you've already removed them from the
> chapter files.
>
> Create a new book file and add the chapter files to it.
>
> You'll also have to create a new TOC and reset up any File Properties for
> the book.
> You may or may not need to fix xrefs; it's been a while since I've used this
> method so I don't remember.
>
> Save the book file as MIF.
>
> Open the MIF file in a text editor and remove the unwanted conditions from
> the condition catalog.
> Save as a text file
> Reopen the MIF in FM, and save as a regular Frame book file.
>
> I generally use the second method as I find it much less painful.
>
> HTH
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Keith Soltys <keith.soltys at tmx.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have a FrameMaker book in which I’ve been trying to clean up unneeded
>> conditional tags that have crept in over several revisions.
>>
>>
>>
>> If I go into each file and look at the conditional text pod, I see that
>> there are only at most the five conditional tags that I want. However, If I
>> open the book, select a file, and then open Show/Hide Conditional Text, I
>> see many more conditions, which I’ve carefully removed from the individual
>> files.
>>
>>
>>
>> How can I get rid of the “ghost” conditional tags showing up when I select
>> Show/Hide Conditional Text?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Keith
>>
>>
>>
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