RE: Highlighting new material in Webhelp - temporarily

["Ed" <hamonwry12 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

If you're using a TOC, why not use one of the different icons than the
default for books and topics? Some of them have little starbursts.
-=Ed.

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> I asked this in the Madcap Flare forums, but you folks might 
> have some ideas as well.
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> At a new release of an established product, how can I 
> highlight the 5% or 10% of material that is new, so that it 
> stands out from the stuff that's been in place for months or 
> years of previous releases?
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> Better yet, how can I do this in such a way that it is easy 
> to UN-do it for the next release, so that I can apply the 
> highlighting to whatever is then new to the product?
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> I don't care if it's a color, a font, or some other special 
> treatment, I just want a non-labor-intensive way to make it 
> happen, then make it un-happen and move on.
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> This if for the output, of course.
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> Any magic using conditions?
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> What do y'all do?  Whether it's with Flare or another HAT?
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>  - Kevin
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