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add datas to master page title

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August 16, 2026
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Hello,

I am in the master page of my FM document and would like to add a date (day+month in french) to the master page title, but without going to master page. What is the best way to do it ?

Correct answer Dave Creamer of IDEAS

I would use a user variable. You would have to add it to the master page at first, but then you could update it anytime you want without going to the master page.

Matt-Tech Comm Tools

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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Waiting for your DITA book!

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

Matt-Tech Comm Tools

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I think anything of that magnitude would need underwriting by Adobe; as I’m sure you’ve noticed, course and book sales are, shall we say, not a growth industry!

-Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant

Bob_Niland

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“a date” or “the date”?
If you want the date to automatically be the document Create date, Modification date or Current date, you need to use a system Variable for that, and may need to edit its building blocks to regional or entity conventions.

I routinely insert the Modification date in Master Page footers, in ISO 8601 format
2026-08-17T12:59
using either Color Views or Conditional Text to hide it as needed.

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pierret18811376Author

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@Bob_Niland

Hi Bob,

you said : “using either Color Views or Conditional Text to hide it as needed”.

How do you precisely use the conditional text in that case ?

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

One would create a condition that one could hide when it isn’t needed.
For example: a condition called “NoPrint” could be applied to the modified date variable.

Show it during the proofing cycle and hide it for the final, distributed version.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Correct answer

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I would use a user variable. You would have to add it to the master page at first, but then you could update it anytime you want without going to the master page.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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pierret18811376Author

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@Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Hi Dave,

I succeeded to use the “user variable”, and I have created a variable “Title Date”.

What are all the other variables that I can see in the variable panel ? Is it possible to filter them in order to keep only the variable “Title Date” in the variable panel ?

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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I just put a 1_ in front of all my variables so they stay at the top of the list.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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