Thanks Scott!
I think i will settle for show/hide. And if I do, is there a way to
handle index/toc/variables (such as name of the book) automatically?
Or do I do that manually?
And let's say I have to implement DITA. Can I still publish two
different PDFs selectively? And how will I carry out the selection of
text in Structured Frame?
Thanks again!
Gyanesh
On 5/18/07, Scott Prentice <sp at leximation.com> wrote:
> Hi Gyanesh...
>
> If your main goal is to publish two different sets of content from the
> same FM source files, I'd think that your best bet is to just use
> conditional text (show/hide) in unstructured FM files. There are
> probably benefits you could gain by moving to structure and/or DITA (and
> it can certainly be done with structure/DITA), but for what you're
> talking about, conditional text is really all you need. Just create two
> conditional tags and apply those tags to the content that is only for
> one product or the other (just don't overlap conditions) .. anything
> that is common to both would be left untagged. Use the conditional text
> show/hide settings to show one and hide the other, then generate your PDF.
>
> Cheers!
>
> ...scott
>
>
>
> Gyanesh Talwar wrote:
> > Hello Framers,
> >
> > (Frame 7.2b144)
> >
> > For my product, I have 2 guides with similar content across different
> > chapters. Can I publish two different PDFs from the same source (with
> > selective content obviously).
> >
> > -> How will this be done? Using topic IDs?
> > -> Is Show/hide a better option for this than Structured Frame?
> > -> Is it viable to use DITA for this? Some other EDD ...or custome made?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Gyanesh
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Gyanesh Talwar
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