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• Use the Thesaurus (Page 135)
• Insert PlanetPress Talk Code Before or After Individual Paragraphs (Page 131)
10.6.25 Insert Text from an External Application into a Text Object
To insert text from an external source:
• In the external application, highlight the text you want to insert, and copy it to the Clipboard. In the
Text area, click at the point at which you want to insert the text and press CTRL+V.
Related topics:
• Text and Box Objects (Page 119)
• Add a Text Object (Page 138)
• Define the Colors or Borders of a Box or Text Object (Page 139)
• Change the View on the Text Properties (Page 142)
• Change the Width of the Text Object in the Text Area (Page 142)
• Change the Background Color of the Text Area (Page 143)
• Adjust Margins and Indents (Page 143)
• Set Tabs (Page 144)
• Select, Cut, Copy, Paste, Move or Delete Text in a Text Object (Page 146)
• Undo or Redo Editing Operations (Page 147)
• Use Variables in a Text Object (Page 148)
• Apply a Style to Text in a Text Object (Page 150)
• Adjust Text Justification and Lines per Unit (Page 151)
• Position Text within the Text Object (Page 152)
• Turn Word Wrap On or Off (Page 153)
• Spell Check Text in a Text Object (Page 133)
• Use the Thesaurus (Page 135)
• Insert PlanetPress Talk Code Before or After Individual Paragraphs (Page 131)
10.6.26 Use Variables in a Text Object
You can reference both system and global variables from a text object. The global variables you reference
within a text object can be of type string, measure, integer, and currency.
If you reference a global variable in a text object and subsequently change the type of the global variable to
one not supported by the text object, PlanetPress Design replaces the global variable in the text object with a
blank space. The next time you open the text object, an error message appears in the Messages area of the
Object Preview and in the status bar of the text object. You cannot exit the text object until you remove all
references to the global variable.
You can also create local variables that are internal to the text object. The value of a local variable can be a
data selection, a constant, or a PlanetPress Talk expression.
You insert a data selection in a text object by creating a local variable that contains the data selection. Note
that you cannot modify the value of those variables through the PlanetPress Talk before paragraph and
PlanetPress Talk after paragraph properties.
Also note that if you use a global variable to display Arabic text in a Text object, the data will not be displayed
correctly in the application. To fix this, you need to initialize the variable content using the MapUTF8
PlanetPress Talk command.
To determine the variables currently available in the text object:
• Do any of the following:
▪ To determine the global variables available Choose Variables | Global Variables.
▪ To determine the local variables available Choose Variables | Data Selections Available.
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