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USING ROBOHELP HTML 9
Conditional text
Apply conditional build tags to a folder, index, or TOC
Do one of the following:
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• 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.
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Click Format > Apply Conditional Build Tag > New/Multiple.
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Select tags or click Check All. Click OK.
Apply conditional build tags to placeholders
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Do one of the following:
• Select a placeholder placed in a master page and select Format > Apply Conditional Build Tag > [new tag].
• 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.
Preview conditional text areas
To check the format of a topic with a conditional text area, preview it using a conditional build tag expression you have
already defined. You can also define a conditional build tag expression while previewing the topic.
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Open a topic in the Design Editor.
Select View > View Item.
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Do one of the following:
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• To preview an existing expression, choose it from the Conditional Build Tag Expression menu.
• To define and preview a new expression, click Define, and select tags to exclude from the output. Click OK.
To remove the conditional build tag expression from the preview, select None from the Conditional Build Tag
Expression menu.
Hide and view conditional text
Items with conditional build tags applied appear in the Design Editor with diagonal hatching in the color specified for
the tag.
Conditional text is always visible in the Design Editor, but you can hide the diagonal hatching.
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In View > Show > Conditional Areas, do one of the following:
• To hide the conditional text, deselect the option.
• To show the conditional text, select the option.
Remove conditional build tags
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Do one of the following:
• To remove conditional build tags from a topic, select one or more topics in the HTML files folder of the Project
Manager pod.
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