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Oxygen XML Author plugin 13.2.0

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<strong>Author</strong> for DITA | 130the id value of the selected element. If you select an interval of elements the conrefend field will be filled withthe id value of the element that ends the selected interval.4. Press the OK button to insert in the current DITA file an element with the same name and with the same conrefattribute value (and optionally with the same conrefend attribute value) as the element(s) selected in the dialog.DITA Profiling / Conditional TextConditional text is a way to mark blocks of text meant to appear in some renditions of the document, but not in others.It differs from one variant of the document to another, while unconditional text appear in all document versions.For instance you can mark a section of a document to be included in the manual designated for the expert users, otherfor the novice users manual while unmarked sections are included in any rendition.You can use conditional text when you develop documentation for:• a series of similar products• different releases of a product• various audiencesThe benefits of using conditional text include reduced effort for updating and translating your content and an easy wayto customize the output for various audiences.<strong>Oxygen</strong> <strong>XML</strong> <strong>Author</strong> <strong>plugin</strong> offers full support for DITA conditional text processing: profiling attributes can be easilymanaged to filter content in the published output. You can toggle between different profile sets to see how the editedcontent looks like before publishing.DITA offers support for profiling/conditional text by using profiling attributes. With <strong>Oxygen</strong> <strong>XML</strong> <strong>Author</strong> <strong>plugin</strong> youcan define values for the DITA profiling attributes. The profiling configuration can be shared between content authorsthrough the project file. There is no need for coding or editing configuration files.Several profiling attributes can be aggregated into a profiling condition set that allow you to apply more complex filterson the document content. A Profiling Condition Set is a very powerful and convenient tool used to preview the contentthat goes into the published output. For example, an installation manual available both in Windows and Linux variantscan be profiled to highlight only the Linux procedures for more advanced users.Profiling / Conditional Text MarkersIf Show Profiling Attributes option (available in the Profiling / Conditional Text toolbar menu) is set all profilingattributes set on the current element are listed at the end of the highlighted block. Profiled text is marked in the <strong>Author</strong>mode with a light green border.Figure 77: Profiling in <strong>Author</strong>In the DITA Maps Manager View view different decorators are user to mark profiled and non-profiled topics:

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