Re: System Variables???????

["Thomas Michanek" <thomas.michanek@xxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Taylor" <taylom@sagetetra.com>
> I created my template using the system variables Running H/F 1 to 4. 2
of
> the variables only refer to paratext that appear once at the beginning
of
> the manual within the body pages (reference numbers, etc.). However,
this
> information is not appearing on the headers!
>
> I have searched on-line help, the manual and everywhere else that I
can
> think of to find out if Running H/F's can be used "across" documents
but
> without success.
>
> Can anyone help, is there anything I can do. Hard coding the
information
> isn't an option!

No, Running H/F's cannot pick up information from other files.
I see two options for you:
1) Use variables instead of Running H/F in the headers, and in the
beginning
   of the manual. If you need to change the text, change the variables
and
   import variables only into the book.
2) In each file, include "invisible" paragraphs that contain
cross-references
   to the text in the beginning of the manual. Then use Running H/F's to
   pick up the text from these "dummy" paragraphs (in the same file).
Or,
   replace the Running H/F's with cross-references directly to the texts
   in the beginning of the manual.

Which of the options you choose depends on your personal preference,
how you want to maintain the information, and how you want links to work
in PDF and/or HTML. For instance, a cross-reference in a header/footer
on a masterpage will become a live link on each page in a PDF.

Also, if you include cross-refs in a header/footer, and the files you
cross-ref will differ between the files in a book, then a book import
of master pages will probably break such cross-refs. This can be avoided
by making "dummy" paragraphs as described in 2) above, and then always
refer to these paragraphs in the same file (instead of external files).

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Thomas Michanek, [Michagon], Linkoping, Sweden
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