Variables are brief, non-formatted pieces of content (such as the name of your company’s product or phone number) that can be edited in one place but used in many places. A variable has two main components—the variable name and the variable definition. When you insert a variable, the user sees the variable definition in the output. If you later need to modify the definition of a variable, you only need to change it in one place and the change is made automatically everywhere that the variable is inserted.
Types of Variables
- Collection Variables Created in Mimic, and available only for the collection for which it was created.
- Movie Variables Created in Mimic, and available only for the movie for which it was created.
- System Variables Provided by Mimic (e.g., system date and time).
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Project Link Variables Created in a MadCap Flare project and linked to the Mimic movie or collection.
