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Updating Version Free Variables

Users with permissions to edit version free variable data can modify version free variable data on a file's data card or by updating the file data cards for a folder.

  1. To modify a version free variable for a data card:
    1. Without checking it out, select a file and click the Data Card tab.

      In the data card, fields that contain version free variables are editable. All other fields are disabled.

    2. Modify the editable variables and click tool_ContainsTabExport.
  2. To modify a version free variable for a folder and propagate the value to the files in the folder:
    1. Select the folder and click the Data Card tab.
    2. On the Edit Values tab, modify the version free variable and click tool_ContainsTabExport.
    3. Click Modify > Update > Values in Files.
    4. In step 1 of the Updating File Data Cards wizard, click Version free variables and click Next.
    5. Complete steps 2 and 3.
    6. In step 4, in the variable list, under Update, select the version free variable and click Next.
    7. Complete steps 5 and 6.
    8. When the update is confirmed, click OK.


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