Apply conditional build tags to content

Content that has a conditional build tag applied appears with diagonal hash marks in the color spec­ified for the tag. If a project is generated using a conditional build tag expression, the topic doesn’t display the content to which the tag applies. The color of the diagonal hashing differentiates tagged areas. For a folder, no hash marks appear. You can display hash marks for topics inside a folder.

Notes:

Remove text references to excluded topics, such as links. Hotspots are not active for excluded topics.

You can apply a conditional build tag to topics in the TOC pod.

To show or hide conditional text, go to the Edit ribbon and in the Show/Hide drop-down choose Conditional Areas.

Verifying tags applied to topics

The Used area of the Conditional Build Tag Properties dialog box lists the topics using a tag. The Level column shows how a tag is applied:

<Topic>

Applied to a topic.

<Content>

Applied to topic content.

<Both>

Applied to both topic and content.

The File column lists the file containing the tagged information.

1)Right-click a conditional build tag in the Conditional Build Tag pod and click Properties.

Apply conditional build tags to a topic

1)In the Pod drop-down (Project, Edit, or Review ribbons) choose Topic List.

2)Select the topic.

3)In the Edit ribbon, click the Apply drop-down and select a tag.

Apply conditional build tags to multiple topics

1)In the Pod drop-down (Project, Edit, or Review ribbons) choose Topic List.

2)Select multiple topics.

3)Click the Properties icon Properties.png in the Project toolbar, and then click Advanced.

4)In the Conditional Build Tags (Topic Level Tags) pod, select a tag. Click OK.

Apply conditional build tags to topic content

1)Open a topic in the Design Editor.

2)Select topic content.

3)In the Edit ribbon, click the Apply drop-down and select a tag.

When you apply a conditional build tag to content in a topic, the content is overlined with the tag color defined when you Create a conditional build tag.

Apply multiple conditional tags to topic content

1)Open a topic in the Design Editor.

2)Select topic content.

3)In the Edit ribbon, click the Apply drop-down and select New/Multiple.

4)Select tags or click Check All. Click OK.

When you apply multiple conditional build tags to content in a topic, the content in overlined with the tag colors defined when you Create a conditional build tag.

If you apply multiple tags on the same content, then the color of the final over-line is a combination of each applied tag color.

Apply conditional build tags to a folder, index, or TOC

1)Do one of the following:

To apply tags to a folder, select a folder in the Project Manager pod.

To apply tags to an index, click the Index folder in the Project Manager pod. Select a keyword or subkeyword.

To apply tags to a TOC, click the Table of Contents folder in the Project Manager pod. Select a book or a page. If you apply tags to the entire TOC, the TOC is unavailable in the output. If you apply them only to pages in the TOC, the TOC is available. The tagged pages are not.

2)In the Edit ribbon, click the Apply drop-down and select New/Multiple.

3)Select tags or click Check All. Click OK.

Apply conditional build tags to placeholders

1)Do one of the following:

Select a placeholder placed in a master page and select Edit > Tags > Apply.

Right-click a placeholder in the master page and select Apply Conditional Build Tag > [new tag].

note:    You can apply conditional build tags on snippet instances as well but not on snippets.


September 30, 2016

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