Variable in book

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August 6, 2014
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I have a book with two novellas in it (short stories) with a total of about 35 files. Each story has a cover page with the title which has a paratag called "HB_HeadingBook". I'd like the title of the novella to appear in the header of each page.

So far Frame has resisted all of my attempts to do this using running header/footer 2 which I've defined as "<$paratext[HB_HeadingBook]>".

How do I put a variable on the master page which updates with the correct title?

Thanks.

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Correct answer Arnis Gubins

At the book level, define the $volnum variable to be a Text entry and enter in the title of the novella. Then on the Master pages, in the running h/f text block, use the <$volnum> variable instead of the $paratext reference.

You may have to break the book into two separate book files and then build a book of books to run both novellas together.

Arnis GubinsCorrect answer

Inspiring

At the book level, define the $volnum variable to be a Text entry and enter in the title of the novella. Then on the Master pages, in the running h/f text block, use the <$volnum> variable instead of the $paratext reference.

You may have to break the book into two separate book files and then build a book of books to run both novellas together.

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