### 5.1.2 Excluding files from book conversions

To exclude FrameMaker-generated files, do one of the following:

• Uncheck the appropriate options at set-up time; see §3.4.4 Including FrameMaker-generated files.

• Use a configuration setting; see §5.5 Converting FrameMaker-generated files.

We suggest you exclude conditioned-out chapters entirely, instead of trying to hide them with conversion settings, for the following reasons:

• If temporary files from a previous conversion in which the text was not conditioned out are still present in the project directory, those files will be included when the output is assembled, possibly producing unwanted results such as TOC entries for the missing chapter. Since the chapter does not produce any output, the old temporary files are not overwritten.

• Processing an essentially empty file wastes time.

| 5.1.1 Checking output type and file extension |  | 5.1.3 Reusing or discarding MIF files |