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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>To manage book level variables, I highly, *<b>highly</b>* recommend BookVars from Leximation (www.leximation.com).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It is by far my most used add-on to FrameMaker!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Z<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=100 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CCFAF2.DB5D5BA0" alt="Description: E-mail Sig 100px"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Reynolds<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 05, 2012 4:21 PM<br><b>Cc:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Follow up to "Adding File Name Variable to Template" question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This is what I do. I put User Variables in the footers of the master pages for each file in a book (e.g. document name, publication date). Each file in the book uses the same set of variables (even if they are not used in that file). When updating a book, I update the appropriate variables in the front page file, and then import variables from that file to all the other files in the book. Only takes a minute or two.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Dave<br></span><br>Combs, Richard wrote, on 6/03/2012 11:55 a.m.: <o:p></o:p></p><pre>Steve Nelson wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Currently, there is a user set variable (called "pubPartNumber) on my<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>cover page.fm, on the inside of the front cover. How can I pick up that<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>variable, and have it appear in the footer of all of my body pages?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Insert the variable in the appropriate place in the footer of the appropriate master pages (the default Left and Right, plus any custom master pages used in the body of the doc). <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Richard G. 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