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Did you look at the help files in RoboHelp by any chance? There is a large
section dedicated to using conditionals for text, topics, images, etc. Once
you have set your conditional flags, its a simple matter of creating a
different build file for each product. <easy>
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Will Husa
Technical Writer
Procedure Writing and Online Help
Phone: 708-927-3569
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From: "Jodie Gilmore" <jgilmor -at- pacifier -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:25 PM
Subject: Conditional topics in RoboHelp
> Hi. I was wondering if anyone had a "great reference" (book, website, ??)
> for learning the ins and outs of conditional topics in RoboHelp. That is
> an
> area of RH I have not yet explored, but will need to do so in the near
> future. A client has 3 products, where "product A" is the "whole shebang",
> product B is a subsset of product A, and product C is a subset of product
> B.
> They want me to create a "super help system" for product A, then just
> include the relevant parts for the other two products. I believe there
> will
> be different screen shots in some cases.
>
> Any pointers for starting out?
>
> (of course I've done conditional text in Word and FrameMaker, so
> understand
> the basic concepts, but RH always manages to throw a twist into
> everything...)
>
>
> __________________________________
> Jodie Gilmore
> Fulcrum Communications, LLC
> Washougal, WA
> www.fulcrumcomm.com
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