InDesign: How to Use Text Variables in a Template (Video Tutorial)

In this InDesign video, Laurie Ruhlin shows how she sets up a text variable with custom text in a template file. She can set placeholders for information that needs to change with each document created from that template. When working on the next iteration, it’s as easy as changing the text in one place to have it change across the document.
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[@ZoranImsiragic]

I use Text Variables often for different stuff, but I never use it in this way. Great! Thanks for the idea! ❤

[@amalendu_study]

Excellent mam 😍

[@Rio-by1eh]

Fantastic - 💫💯

[@david-o8e6i]

Thanks for this helpful tutorial. Recently, I ran into two challenges while using text variables on running headers. (i) I want chapter titles in Title case, but words like "to", "of" "the", etc should not start with a cap. How do I edit words that shouldn't start with a cap? (ii) Chapter titles are punctuated with decorative glyph characters. How do I remove those decorative elements from the running header using text variables? Thanks in advance ;)

[@AllesKiten]

👍