Understand how to import variables from one document to another in Adobe FrameMaker.
The variables in a document are available for use in the document where they are created (user variables) or edited (user and system variables).
You can make these changes available to other documents by importing the variable definitions.
To import variables from one document to another, do the following:
Open the document containing the variable definitions that you need to make available in one or more other documents.
Open the document into which to import the variable definitions from the source document.
If you are working in a FrameMaker book, you can select all documents in the book into which you want to import the definitions.
Choose Import Formats dialog is displayed.
. TheIn the Import Formats dialog, click Deselect All, check Variable Definitions, and click Import.