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A. Global Variables button

Replace all references with: Select to delete the global variable and to replace all references to it with a reference

to another global variable in the document.

Global variables available: Select the global variable you want to use as the replacement reference. When you

delete the global variable, PlanetPress Design replaces all references to the deleted global variable with a reference to

the global variable you select here. You can use the Global Variables button to create a new global variable to add to

this box.

Global Variables button: Click to create a new global variable. PlanetPress Design creates the new global variable,

and selects it in the Global variables available box.

Delete all elements: Select to delete the global variable, and all document elements that reference it. All document

elements that reference this global variable appear in the list on the right of the Global Variable Deletion dialog box.

2. Click OK.

Local, Global, and System Variables

There are three categories of variables in PlanetPress Talk: system, global, and local.

1. System Variables

System variables are variables that the system defines. There are two types of system variables: system variables

with a global scope and system variables with a local scope.

System variables with a global scope System variables with a global scope are available anywhere you can

insert a PlanetPress Talk expression in PlanetPress. You can use the value of a system variable with a global scope but

you cannot, except in one or two cases, modify it.

System variables with a local scope System variables with a local scope are available only within a well-defined

context. There are currently two system variables with a local scope: &height and &width. Both are local to a spe-

cific object, group, or page. The system initializes &height and &width to, respectively, the values of the Height and

Width properties of the object, group, or page, as they appear in the Basic Attributes of that object, group, or page.

See "System Variables with Global Scope" (page 228) for a complete list of the system variables available in Plan-

etPress Talk.

2. Global Variables