Tip: Sorting topics by Build Tag prevents unwanted topics from being generated

[ginafromtampa]

This is a tip that might help someone. (I'm using RoboHelp 7). I was so frustrated with some topics showing up that shouldn't have in my FlashHelp (it would have happened in WebHelp or any other output). I know that if a topic doesn't include a build tag, it will show up in the output. But when I ran the Conditional Build Tag report, some topics said "no tag" and with 500 topics, it was taking too long to find the problem (one problem was that the reports shows Content Build Tags, not just Topic Build Tags). (It would also be great it the report displayed the columns in a format where you could sort them like with the Transpose command in Excel).

I solved the problem of the wrong topics being generated by sorting the Topic List in RoboHelp and looking for topics that didn't have Build Tags.

[Captiv8r]

Hi Gina

I'm not sure whether your post is seeking advice or if you are just posting your experiences. At any rate, after you sorted, surely you had to apply a tag to the formerly untagged topics in order to prevent them from appearing, no?

Cheers... Rick

[ginafromtampa]

Rick,

Yes, thanks for pointing that out. I ultimately found the topics that didn't have build tags, then assigned a build tag to them. Then when I generated the FlashHelp, it worked. Thanks!

[Captiv8r]

And now, for the rest of the story!

Sooo, to finish answering what I had asked, was your post simply intended to maybe help someone else down the line in case they encountered the same issue or were you seeking some sort of answer to explain some of it?

Cheers... Rick

[MergeThis]

Rick, her first statement was: "This is a tip that might help someone."


Leon

[Captiv8r]

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