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The Content palette provides access to the items and content in the shared content library.
When you share the content in a text box, the complete text will be shared, it is not possible
to share a fraction of text. If you need to share only part of the text, then you should be
using a content variable. Content Variables allow you to achieve that using a custom
variable.
Understanding synchronization options
When you add items and content to the Content palette, you can choose various
synchronization options in the Shared Item Properties dialog box.
• To synchronize the content of the selected text box, text path, or picture box without
synchronizing the box or path itself, uncheck Synchronize Box Attributes and check
Synchronize Content. Text synchronized in this way must be dragged into a text box
or path, and pictures synchronized in this way must be dragged into a picture box.
• You can synchronize the text or picture and its content attributes (such as, formatting
for text and scaling, rotation, and effects for pictures) by clicking or choosing Content
and Attributes.
• You can synchronize the text or picture while allowing unique content attribute edits
by clicking or choosing Content Only. If you do this, the text or picture can be
formatted differently in different parts of the project. But if you edit the text or update
the picture in one place, that change is made everywhere.
• To synchronize a text box, text path, or picture box and its attributes without
synchronizing its contents, check Synchronize Box Attributes and uncheck
Synchronize Content. For example, assume you do this with a text or picture box,
and then drag out two copies of the box. If you then resize and add a frame to one of
the boxes, the other box is automatically resized and acquires the same frame. You
may, however, import different content into each box.
To synchronize item attributes, content, and content attributes, check Synchronize
Box Attributes and Synchronize Content, and click or choose Content and Attributes.
If you synchronize two boxes this way, any change made to one is automatically made
to the other, including changes to box size, contents, and formatting.
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