Problem in Conditional tag

Dear friends,
I am using conditional tag feature on one of my topics in robohelp and the topic is getting excluded from the output. However, the numbering in TOC doesn't change. For example,I have the following sections in my help file:
1.1 A
1.2 B
1.3 C
If I apply CT on 1.2 it is excluded from the output but the TOC appears as follows:
1.1 A
1.3 C
1.2 is removed but the numbering is still the same.
Can anyone help me in solving this problem. The numbering should also get modified in the TOC like:
1.1 A
1.2 C

Is the document going to be updated regularly and you are going to repeatedly import it into a new project? If it is, then maybe linking would be a better option.
You wouldn't necessarily have to have two documents. Create two documents, one with the numbered headings and one without.
When you want to update Rh, you use Word's style organiser to apply the un-numbered headings. Then you switch back.
Of course, you need to check with product management that not having numbering in online help is OK. Better still, challenge why do you need that legal type numbering at all. Sometimes it is because developers like that style of numbering too but they are not the users of the help and documents.
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