Lisa, You need to be very careful with conditional text. FrameMaker will do exactly what you tell it to with the text, whether you realize exactly what you're telling it to do or not. ;-)
As soon as you set a condition for a particular piece of text, you have to think about everywhere that the text should appear and use the tags and show/hide indicators accordingly. If you forget to show a particular condition when you should or forget to tag it to show in your current file, you'll be missing text. I have that happen sometimes so I have a figure caption and callout table but no figure between them. Oops! To combat that type of situation, you should show all conditions at some point to make sure that something didn't inadvertently disappear. I always use different colors with each condition, too, so I can turn on the condition indicators to see what's tagged and what's not. Is all of that a drawback? Maybe. But when you get used to it and learn how to work with it, you can do some wonderful things with conditional text. Regards! Donna - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. _______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals To post a message to the list, send an email to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com or, via email, send a blank message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the TCP site at http://www.techcommpros.com To find out more about the list, including archives and your account options, visit http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com If you need assistance with the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
