Hi, I love the idea of using conditional text, and I do so extensively for producing several different versions of a user guide (c. 130 pages). I currently output to five product versions + generic X 2 (print & Help), plus one or two "internal" conditions for comments and future/draft sections. That's 14 different conditions.
What I miss is the ability to conditionalize-out text and graphics. That option would make it easier to configure the documents, and would require far less conditionalizing. For example, I have several pages in a chapter that are conditionalized for different products. But for one specific product, the whole section must currently be left out. I cannot apply conditions for every other product to every unconditioned part of those pages--that would be tedious and unmanageable. And then what would I have to go through if/when I eventually have to show this material for the product? If I could just select the whole section and say "Don't show for Condition X" -- that would be great. Also, I would be happy to have a tool/dialog box or even a configurable table on a reference page for keeping track of and managing multiple conditions. (If anyone on the list has a good method for this, please share it.) BTW, I'm using FrameMaker 7.2. Is there anything new re conditional text in FM8? Menahem Rosen Technical Communicator Objet Geometries -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces+menahem_rosen=2objet.com at lists.frameusers.com <mailto:framers-bounces+menahem_rosen=2objet.com at lists.frameusers.com> ] On Behalf Of David Valiulis Sent: Wednesday, 10 October, 2007 16:21 To: Frame Users Subject: looking for conditional text scenarios Greetings, Here at Adobe we're looking for real-world uses of conditional text. We'd be very interested in a summary of some of the interesting uses out there, including the condition tags you've defined and the output desired. We'd also like to hear of any limitations you've encountered in either Frame 7 or Frame 8. For example, you might say... "I work on a doc set that must output to print and to the web in two different versions, Mac and Windows. We've set up 6 conditions: WinPrint, WinWeb, WinBoth, MacPrint, MacWeb, and MacBoth." Many thanks. /dave valiulis Adobe systems _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as Menahem_Rosen at 2objet.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/menahem_rosen%402obj et.com <http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/menahem_rosen%402ob jet.com> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ <http://www.frameusers.com/> for more resources and info. ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************ ************
