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Creating Condition Tags

Within a condition tag set, you can create as many condition tags as you need.

How to create a condition tag

Make sure the Project Organizer is open. By default, the Project Organizer is located on the left side of the interface in an accordion structure with the Content Explorer, unless you have previously moved it and saved the new layout. You may have to click the Project Organizer bar to bring it into view.
Double-click the Conditional Text folder. The folder opens, showing an initial condition tag set provided by Flare, as well as any condition tag sets that you have added to the project. A condition tag set can hold multiple condition tags. (If there is no condition tag set, add one by selecting Project>Add Condition Tag Set.)
Double-click a condition tag set to open it.

The Condition Tag Set Editor opens. If it is a new condition tag set, two condition tags are already provided for you—one called "PrintOnly" and another called "ScreenOnly." Each condition tag is associated with a color, making it easy to identify conditionalized content in the Flare interface. By default, the PrintOnly tag is associated with the color red, and the ScreenOnly tag is associated with the color blue.
At this point, you can do a number of things, including the following:
- Add a new tag. You can add as many tags as you want, depending on your needs.
  1. In the local toolbar of the Condition Tag Set Editor, click the New item button . A new row is added.
  2. Press F2 on your keyboard. The new tag name is highlighted.
  3. Type a name for the tag.
- Rename an existing tag. Maybe you want to use the existing tags, but you want them to have different names to reflect your purposes. For example, you might rename the "PrintOnly" tag to "Beginner," and you might rename the "ScreenOnly" tag to "Advanced."
  1. Click the tag and press F2 on your keyboard. The tag name is highlighted.
  2. Type a new tag name.
  3. Press Enter on your keyboard.
- Change the color of a tag. You can associate any color you want with a condition tag. The color is for your use only; end users will not see it in the output.
  1. Click the Background drop-down arrow and select Pick Color. The Color Picker dialog opens.
  2. Select a new color.
  3. Click OK.
- Add comments to a tag. You can add internal comments to a condition tag to indicate the specific purpose of the tag. Comments will not be displayed in the output.
  1. Click in the Comment cell of the tag.
  2. Press F2 on your keyboard.
  3. Type comments for the tag.
  4. Press Enter on your keyboard.
Press CTRL+S or click to save your work.

WHAT'S NEXT?

After you have created condition tags, you can apply condition tags to content.