# A changed value has not appeared yet

**What you are seeing**

You saved a new value, but a page, a preview, an export or a published site still shows the old one.

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## Why it happens, and what to do

| **Where**                                           | **Why**                                        | **What to do**                |
| --------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| A page that was already open                        | Values are read when the page loads.           | Reload the page.              |
| The editor preview or the Capable Search side panel | These keep a value for up to about 30 seconds. | Wait a moment and look again. |
| A published Capable Site                            | A site is a snapshot from its last publish.    | Publish the site again.       |
| A PDF or Word file                                  | An export is a snapshot from when it was made. | Export again.                 |

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## A few things that catch people out

* Changing a value creates no page version, so page history never shows it. Use the variable's own **Version history** in the catalogue.
* Watchers are not notified, so readers will not know a value changed unless you tell them.

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## Related

### [How a value appears on the page](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/how-a-value-appears-on-the-page.html)

What readers see.

### [Capable Sites](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/capable-sites.html)

Values on published sites.

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