Variable or $Marker or whatnot? Need paratext from a different file
I've worked hard to answer this question myself, but need to turn to the forum members for help.
I have a book that is separated in to files as follows. This is illustrative only - there are dozens of files in the book.
Section 1.fm (<$paratext[SectionTitle]>=Before You Begin)
Introduction.fm (this is currently chapter 1;there is no instance of SectionTitle so that chapter files can be reordered under different sections by just reordering files in the book)
Important Safety Information.fm
Section 2.fm (<$paratext[SectionTitle]>=Key Pump Features)
Other chapter files here.fm
There is thumbnail text in the chapter files that needs to reference the SectionTitle text (which is only found in the section files).
So - there are five chapters in Section 1 that have thumbnails that need to read and fill in "Before You Begin"
The book is designed so that when a product manager decides to add a new chapter or rename a section or add a section divider, this can be done very quickly. However, this is the first time I've needed to pull text from a separate file.
I've read about using a cross reference, but that means that 12 master pages need to be updated in every chapter with a specific cross reference, right? (Not acceptable.)
I don't believe a cross reference can be inserted into a variable, can it?
Please tell me Adobe has thought of this and made it easy for this type of book management. 
Diane
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