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• Page Reference: This variable is used to create a reference to an existing layout
object using the existing Anchors feature, and allows you to refer to that object
elsewhere in the document, including the page number for the referred to object.
• Static Text: With this you can create a simple static text variable that can be
inserted throughout the document. For example, if you want to refer to a company
name across a document consistently and want to make any changes to it in one
go, this variable can be useful.
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 or duplicating
an existing 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.
• Custom Variable: See "Create a custom content variable" for more information.
• 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.
• Flow Box Page Number: This variable inserts the page number where the current
box continues (or where the current box is continuing from) if the current box
spans multiple pages that may not be contiguous. From the Context drop-down
menu, choose either Next Box or Previous Box to specify whether to insert the
page number where this box continues or where it is continuing from.
• 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
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