Using Variables in Topics

Using variables will save you time and energy. You can create Topics and place variables anywhere in the text. List of Values, System, and Text variables can also be used in the Print, Help and Web Headings.

Only the name of the variable appears inside the <angle brackets> in the Topic. When the book is published the variable's value is displayed in the output.

Note: Variable names may only contain the characters 0-9,a-z,A-Z and _ (underscore). Variable names are not case-sensitive. For example, both <Contact> and <contact> represent the same variable name.

Using Variables:

1. Open the Topic you want to insert the variable into.
2. Choose Edit > Variables > Insert and select the variable from the list

   -or-

   Type the name of the variable inside <angle brackets>.

3. Save the changes to your Topic.