Selecting conditions in a publication

Last Updated : Apr 23, 2015 |

About this task

If a publication contains conditional content, use this procedure to select the conditions to show in the output. The conditions that you select apply to all output formats for the version of the publication. However, different versions of a publication can have different conditions selected. When you select a condition, all elements that are tagged with that condition are included in the output.

If you need to show different conditions for variations of a publication, for example, PDF and online help, create different publications for the two deliverables. Do not use the same publication and change the conditions that show because that creates a lot of risk that the conditions will be set improperly for an output.

Procedure

  1. Open the publication in Publication Manager.
  2. Click the Conditions tab.
  3. Click Modify on the top left.
  4. In the Select Conditions dialog box, select Display Conditions Used in Publication from the menu in the upper-right corner of the dialog box to only show the condition that have been applied to the content in the publication.
  5. Select the conditions that you want to show in the output.
  6. Optional Before saving your selections, verify the conditions that are included or excluded from the publication.
    1. To verify the conditions that are included, select Display Selected Conditions from the drop down menu in the top right corner.
    2. To verify the conditions that are excluded, select Display Unused Conditions from the drop down menu in the top right corner.
    Tip:

    To view all conditions available in the repository, select Display All Conditions from the drop down menu in the top right corner of the Select Conditions dialog box.