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• • October 25, 2013 at 6:26 am #65960
    Missy

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    What is the purpose of being able to apply multiple conditions to the same text? Can you select which condition “trumps” another? Example:
    Let’s say I am writing a manual for a coffee maker. The manual will be written for American English and UK. The word “color” will be conditional along with its counterpart “colour”. There are also two different models: Model A and Model B. So I can make a manual for Model A in US or UK, or Model B in US or UK.

    The following sentence occurs for both models: “The button will glow a red colorcolour when pushed.”

    If I decide to make a Model B manual in UK English, I hide Model A and hide US. What happens is all text that has Model A condition applied is hidden EXCEPT for the lone word “colour.” Because that word is UK and UK is not hidden.

    How is this supposed to work? Can’t the Model A condition “trump” the UK condition for the word colour?

  • October 25, 2013 at 6:34 am #65961
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    I think you have it right. To the word “color” you apply 3 conditions: Model A and Model B and US. To “colour” you apply Model A, Model B, and UK.

    • October 25, 2013 at 7:06 am #65965
      Missy

      Member

      Let me modify the scenario to better explain. Let’s say only Model A has an automatic shut off feature. But both models have replacement parts. The Automatic Shutoff and the sentence below it are tagged with Model A. All occurrences of “color” are tagged US. All occurrences of “colour” are tagged UK.

      Automatic Shut Off
      The button will glow a red colorcolour when pushed.

      Replacement Parts
      Be sure to include your colorcolour choice when ordering.

      When I hide Model A and US I get this:

      colourReplacement Parts
      Be sure to include your colour choice when ordering.

      How do I hide the first “colour”?

    • May 12, 2015 at 1:07 pm #75319
      Anonymous

      Inactive

      You have four, sometimes overlapping, conditions:
      Model A: Auto shut off and Replacement, both color and colour
      Model B: Replacement only, both color and colour

      How about…

      Create four conditions (or condition sets): Model A-UK, Model A-US, Model B-UK, Model B-US, and condition the text accordingly:

      Model A-UK

      Automatic Shut Off
      The button will glow a red colour when pushed.

      Replacement Parts
      Be sure to include your colour choice when ordering.

      Model A-US

      Automatic Shut Off
      The button will glow a red color when pushed.

      Replacement Parts
      Be sure to include your color choice when ordering.

      Model B-UK

      Replacement Parts
      Be sure to include your colour choice when ordering.

      Model B-US

      Replacement Parts
      Be sure to include your color choice when ordering.

  • October 25, 2013 at 8:32 am #65967
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Not sure if its possible to do what you want with the built-in conditional text. Our conditional text expert is Kelly Vaughn, who found this great option:
    https://creativepro.com/finally-conditional-text.php

  • May 14, 2015 at 11:37 am #75375
    Kelly Vaughn

    Participant

    Sadly, conditions cannot trump one another. If text has three conditions applied and any one of those three conditions is visible, then the text with all three conditions applied remains visible.

    Since it is just a spelling difference, you can apply the UK condition to just the u in colour. I think that might simplify things. If you would like to to take a look at your files, feel free to send me a link to them.

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