Where are the variables?

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February 5, 2014
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I recently upgraded from FM9 to FM12 running on Windows 7. When I open an FM9 doc in FM12 and save it as FM12, I don't see any of the previous varialbles in the Variables list. I can Find them when searching for Any Variable, but they are listed, so I can't edit them.

Steve

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Lynne A. Price

Inspiring

Steve,

Just yesterday, I noticed the same behavior. I pulled the Variables pod out of the dock and the expected contents appeared.

--Lynne

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Anonymous

Well, that is interesting. When I reported this problem, I was working from home on the company laptop I use. Now I am at the company on the same laptop, and lo! the variables are there!

When you say you pulled it out of the doc, do you mean you hauled it up from the several tabbed pods along the bottom (in my case) and they appeared?

-- Steve

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Lynne A. Price

Inspiring

Steve,

Yes, that's what I meant. I dragged it so that it was in the middle of the screen instead of docked to an edge of the main FM wndow.

--Lynne

Arnis Gubins

Inspiring

Have you fully scrolled through the Variables pod? Note: not all system variables are displayed if you are on a Body page, but you will see them when on a Master page.

Can you please explain (and include a screen capture - use the camera icon) as to what you mean by: you can find the variables using search but can't edit them because they are listed?

If you find a variable using the Find, double-clicking on it will display it in the pod. You then need to click on the Edit icon (the pencil) to open the Variable editor.

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Anonymous

I wrote it wrong. I can't see the Variables listed in the Variables Pod on a Body page. I can find them in Find > Any Variable. I have not scrolled through the Variables Pod, because there are NO variables there. No system variables, no custom variables. If I double-click on a variable in the Body page, nothing happens. Note the highlighted variable in the picture.