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Edit content variables
To edit content variables, choose Window > Content Variables to display the Content
Variables palette. The buttons at the top of this palette let you add, edit and duplicate
content variables. Choose an existing content variable and click the button to edit
it, or click the button to add a new content variable.
The Edit Content Variable dialog displays.
If you are adding a new content variable, you can also display this dialog by choosing
Utilities > Content Variable and selecting New from the drop-down menu.
Enter a name in the Name field. If you are adding a new content variable , select the
content variable Type from the drop-down menu. Specify the attributes for your
content variable, these will vary depending on the type of content variable you are
editing :
• Creation Date: Creation Date inserts the date or time the document was first saved.
You can insert text before and after the date, and you can modify the date format for
all date variables using the drop-down menus.
• Current Page Number: This variable inserts the current page number of the current
project into the document.
• File Name: This variable inserts the name of the current file into the document. Select
Include Extension to include the file name extension. The File Name variable is
updated whenever you save the file with a new name or to a new location. The
extension does not appear in the document until it is saved.
• Last Page Number: This variable inserts the last page number of the current project
into the document. The Last Page Number type is useful for adding the total number
of pages in a document to headers and footers using the common Page 3 of 12 format.
In this case, the number 12 is generated by the Last Page Number, and is updated
whenever pages are added or removed. From the Scope drop-down menu, choose an
option to determine whether the last page number in the section or layout is used.
• Modification Date: Modification Date inserts the date or time the document was last
saved. You can insert text before and after the date, and you can modify the date
format for all date variables using the drop-down menus.
• Next Page Number: This variable inserts the next page number of the current project
into the document. From the Scope drop-down menu, choose an option to determine
whether the next page number in the section or layout is used.
• Output Date: Output Date inserts the date or time the document was printed or
exported. You can insert text before and after the date, and you can modify the date
format for all date variables using the drop-down menus.
• Previous Page Number: This variable inserts the previous page number of the current
project into the document. From the Scope drop-down menu, choose an option to
determine whether the previous page number in the section or layout is used.
When creating a New content variable, you can also select from the following types
of content variables to base your new variable on:
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