There is another way to do it that doesn't use either a Running H/F system variable or a cross-reference, but whether it can be used depends on whether you are already using both the $volnum and $chapnum system variables.
Simply put, for each set of files that make up a given chapter you define either the $volnum or $chapnum system variable to be Text format (at the very bottom of the format list), with the value set to a string that matches the title of the chapter. Then in the master pages, you use either the <$volnum> or <$chapnum>, as appropriate, in place of the Running H/F 1 system variable in the header or footer layout. -Fred Ridder Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 17:21:07 -0500 Subject: Re: Persist a variable to the next file From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] OK, that was about what I thought. The short answer is, you can't do it with a RunningH/F, as it only picks up the information in the CURRENT file. If you want to bring the Chapter title over from a previous file, you'll have to edit the master page to use a cross-reference back to the file with the title in it (and set the link color to black so it doesn't look like a link). Then you have to remember that this will need to be redone every time you import page layouts to those files. On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:14 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: Nothing complicated about it: <$paratext[ChapterTitle]> I don't think the issue is the composition of the variable...it works fine when the page has a paragraph tag Chapter Title. The issue is when the para text doesn't appear in the FM file, but does in a previous file that I want to carry forward. 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On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:55 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: Good afternoon, guys.. I have a book that uses the variable "Running H/F 1" in my footer that picks up Chapter Title. The hierarchy is Chapter Title, Heading 1, Heading 2, etc,. The problem is, for the sections that follow Chapter Title that start with Heading 1, the variable displays blank. The question is, how to I get Chapter Title to persist until changed by the next Chapter Title? 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