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Conditions
Using conditions, you can set the visibility of content within your generated output. Conditions allow you to show or hide information in your online output. You can do so by applying conditions to the content in your source document and setting the visibility for those conditions in your project. Any content that has a condition applied to it is referred to as conditional text.
For example, your source documents might contain information that is used only in the print version and information that is used only in the online version. In order to reuse your source documents for both print and online Help, you need to create conditions specifically for the online content and for the print content and apply the conditions to the appropriate content.
When you create a condition, you need to set the hidden attribute for the condition. If the conditional text will be visible in the source document, then the hidden attribute should not be selected; however, if the conditional text will not be visible in the source document, then the hidden attribute should be selected. You can also specify that the condition use document value, which is the default behavior.
Creating Conditions in Microsoft Word
In Microsoft Word, you can create conditions to either show or hide content within your output. These conditions can be set up so that you can tag content to either be visible or not visible when your online output is generated.
To create a condition in Microsoft Word:
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In your Word document, select WebWorks > Conditions. |
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Click on the Add button. |
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Select Hidden if you do not want the content to appear in the Microsoft Word document or leave Hidden deselected if you want the text to appear in the source document. |
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Choose a color with which to highlight the conditional text. By highlighting the conditional text, you will be able to easily see exactly where conditional text is located in your source documents. |
Applying Conditions in Microsoft Word
After you have created conditions in your source document, you need to determine what content needs to be tagged as conditional text. Once you have decided which content needs to be assigned as conditional text, you need to apply the appropriate conditions.
To apply a condition in Microsoft Word:
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From the main menu, choose WebWorks > Conditions. |
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Click on the Apply Condition button to apply the condition. |
Creating Conditions in Adobe FrameMaker
In Adobe FrameMaker, you can use conditions to make content visible or not visible when your online output is generated.
To create conditions in Adobe FrameMaker:
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From the main menu, choose Special > Conditional Text. |
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Click on the Edit Condition Tag button. |
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For the Tag field, type in a name for the condition. |
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Click the Set button to create the condition. |
Applying Conditions in Adobe FrameMaker
After you have created conditions in your source document, you need to determine what content needs to be tagged as conditional text and apply conditions to that content.
To apply conditions in Adobe FrameMaker:
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From the main menu, choose Special > Conditional Text. |
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Select a condition from the Not In list. |
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Click on the left arrow button to move the condition from the Not In list to the In list. |
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Click the Apply button to apply the condition. |
Setting Conditional Values in a Project
In your source documents, you have set certain visbilities for your conditions; however, in your ePublisher Express project, you can modify the visibility for each condition. The conditions that are available in your project come directly from your source documents. You can modify the value for any of your conditions, which in turn, will affect how your conditional text displays online.
In ePublisher Express, you can set the visibility of your conditions to one of the following:
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Visible: Select this if you would like the conditional text to appear in your output. |
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Hidden: Select this if you would like the conditional text to not display in your output. |
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Use document value: Select this if you would like ePublisher Express to use the visibility you have assigned the condition in the source document. |
To modify the value of a condition:
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In your ePublisher Express project, select Format > Conditions. |
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Click on the dropdown button in the Value field next to the condition you would like to modify. |
