Deleting variables

Introduction

You can delete user variables from an Adobe FrameMaker document that are no longer required.

You can also delete the occurrences of a system or user variable added in a document.

To delete a user variable

When you delete a user variable, the variable definition is removed from the document's variables catalog. After this, the variable is no longer available for use in the document.

To delete a user variable, do the following:

1. Select the user variable in the Variables panel and click Delete.

2. If the variable is used in the current document, you are prompted with the message that all occurrences in the document will be converted to editable text.

3. Click OK to delete the variable and convert all its occurrences to text.

To delete a variable occurrence

You can choose to delete specific occurrences of a variable in a document. This retains the definition of the variable in the document catalog and other occurrences of the variable in the document.

1. Open the Find/Change dialog.

2. In the Find list, select Variable – of Name and enter the full or partial name of the variable you want to remove from your document.

3. Click Find to locate the variable in the document.

4. To remove the selected occurrence, press the Delete key or click Delete below the occurrence list.

   In this case, the variable occurrence and the associated text is removed from the document.