FrameMaker 6: Beyond the Basics

User Variables in Document Pages

A user variable is an elegant way to insert text, such as a short phrase, in numerous places throughout your document and be able to change all of them at once later. User variables can be displayed in body pages and also in document headers and footers located on master pages.

Note

For more information on headers and footers, see Chapter 4.

Before you get started with the “how-to’s” of user variables in document pages, you might be wondering how you might actually use this type of variable. Here’s an example: Say that you are working on documentation for a newly developed software product. The formal name of the product, by which the consumers will know it, won’t be determined for a couple of weeks, but you ...