renaming a variable

[John Sgammato]

I thank the kind folks who replied to my request. 
I guess I was not quite clear about what I am trying to accomplish. 
I succeeded in changing the variable name, but the problem comes in
replicating the change across about 50 chapters in four books. I can
copy the newly-renamed variable into the chapter, but all the existing
variables still have their old names. I am anxious about the
copy-and-paste method for the reasons Rebecca mentioned. My example was
a formatted variable, but I actually use many variables, some formatted
and some not. 

Because I use so many variables, I am looking into Leximation's Bookvars
today. It looks like just the tool I need!

-----Original Message-----
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.combs at Polycom.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 11:17 AM
To: Peter Gold; John Sgammato; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: renaming a variable

John Sgammato wrote: 

>I want to rename the user variable BoldProduct to B-BoldProduct so I 
>can get to it quickly from Ctrl-0.  

You don't need to create a new variable and replace the old. You can
just edit the name. 

Double-click an instance of the BoldProduct variable to open the
Variable dialog box. Click Edit Definition to open the Edit User
Variable dialog box. In the Name field, change BoldProduct to
B-BoldProduct. Click Change and Done. Then click Done in the Variable
dialog box. The variable's name is changed, and that's all there is to
it. 

HTH!
Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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303-223-5111
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