Thanks, Eugene and Frans. Yes, I know that plain text works. I was using the text variables because it was easier for me to populate the hidden frames when creating the document and I was experimenting with them. And, thanks, but no thanks, Frans. This is just a reduced version of my document and it's working fine all other things considered in the master document. I've laid out four books so far using InDesign and don't need to "start from scratch" or "hire someone" for this.
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