FM12: Show/Hide condition does not apply to entire book

[WriterPatti]

FM12: From the Show/Hide Conditional Text pod, Show as per Condition applied to entire book does not consistently update book with correct condition. Now to get the desired condition, I have to apply the condition per section in the book. Has the workflow for this feature changed with FM12? Or is it a bug? Thanks, Patti

[Arnis_Gubins]

Do you update your book after the show as per condition is applied?

[Bob_Niland]

> ... I have to apply the condition per section in the book.

No, you don't. You can apply it to all component files in one operation. In the Book menu, select all component files.
View > Show/Hide Conditional Text

{edit}

[ Set ]

As Arnis pointed out, you do need to Update the book for complete re-application of Conditions.
Edit > Update Book
{select all possibly excluding Apply Master Page}

In particular, any Cross-References to conditionalized text will still be as they were until xrefs are updated.

We exclude AMP from Update because it is unstable in FM7, and run it as a separate operation, and re-Update book after that because pagination may have changed.

[WriterPatti]

Thanks for the feedback - but Update Book does not resolve this problem.  It is a new issue with Frame 12, and it seems to be related to content that has figure numbers or table numbers.

We have an online and paper condition defined for our doc set. If, for example, we select the online option in the Show/Hide Conditional Text pod, it appears to apply it throughout the book (each section appears to be opened, saved, and updated). However, specific sections that have online or paper links are not converted. When I check those specific sections and apply the condition within the section rather than applying it to the entire book, the condition is applied correctly. Has anyone else experienced this with Frame 12?

[Bob_Niland]

> We have an online and paper condition defined for our doc set.

You might want to consider using Color Views for that, rather than Condition Codes. If all you need to do for the print version is turn off hypertext (without re-flow) and/or turn off hypertext indicators (e.g. blue underlined text), CV can do that and is much less troublesome than CCs.

[Arnis_Gubins]

When you do a Book update after applying the Conditional settings, does FM give any warning messages about Inconsistent Conditional settings?