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    • Overview
      • What Capable Variables is
      • Editions and availability
    • Get started
      • Common tasks
    • How it works
      • Space and global variables
      • Variable types and values
      • Variables catalogue
      • Details sidebar
      • Edit access and version history
      • How a value appears on the page
      • Insert a variable from the byline
      • Who can see a value
    • Macros
      • Variable macro
    • Administration
      • Variables settings
    • Integrations
      • Capable Search
      • Exports to PDF and Word
      • Capable Sites
    • Troubleshooting
      • Something is missing or looks wrong
        • A value shows [unavailable] on the page
        • A published site shows [unavailable] instead of a value
        • An exported file shows [unavailable] instead of a value
        • A variable says no pages use it, or shows no usage at all
        • The catalogue says it is showing the 500 most recently changed variables
      • Permissions and access
        • Create is greyed out
        • Global variables are unavailable
        • The picker says Variables are available on the Advanced edition
        • The byline says No permission to add variables to this page
        • Restrictions or Edit is missing from a variable's menu
      • Everything else
        • A variable with this name already exists
        • Someone else changed this variable while you were editing
        • A changed value has not appeared yet
        • The type cannot be changed
    • Reference
      • Limits
      • What is not available
    • How-to guides and FAQ
      • Show the same value on many pages
      • Retire or replace a variable safely
      • Variables FAQ

Macros

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Variables adds a single macro, Variable (Capable). It sits inline in a sentence and shows one variable's current value.

#In this section

Variable macro

Insert, configure, change.

#Related

How a value appears on the page

What readers see.

Insert a variable from the byline

Add a variable without the editor.

One macro, every page.

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