Author-it provides four types of variables for you to use in your topics. The Text, List of Values, and File Object variables are created and defined by your library administrator.
- Text Ideal for storing text that appears regularly in your documents. Text variables may be a string of any characters up to 2000 characters long.
- List Of Values Similar to Text variables, except that you are able to choose from a list of preset character strings, each up to 255 characters long.
- File Object Used for Author-it File objects. Commonly used for adding logos and graphics.
- System Produces standard system information such as: the time, the date, or the name of the user currently logged on.
Note: Variables are used in Author and Contribute, and are created by your Library's System Administrator in Author-it Administrator.