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:[email protected]] 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 ------ Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------
