Variable Types

Author-it provides four types of Variables for you to use in your Topics:

Text

Ideal for storing text that appears regularly in your documents. Text Variables may be a string of any characters up to 2000 characters long.

List Of Values

Similar to Text Variables, except that you are able to choose from a list of preset character strings, each up to 255 characters long.

File Objects

Used for Author-it File objects. Commonly used for adding logos and graphics.

System

Produces standard system information such as: the time, the date, or the name of the user currently logged on.

Note: Variables are used in Author-it, but are created in the Author-it Administrator.