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Metadata Windows

On Windows, metadata keys can be used as variables in text. Metadata refers to additional information about the content of a document, beyond the actual text, and helps describe or organize the document

The metadata will be automatically substituted for export share print and in Preview. One of the best uses of metadata would be to build correspondence templates.

Writer supports metadata at the very top of your document, followed by an empty line. Metadata must be separated from the rest of the document by three dashes (top and bottom).

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Customer: M. Bluth
Me: Bob Loblaw
Date: April 3rd, 2023
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You can then use the metadata in the text by putting it in [brackets] and adding a % sign.

Sincerely,  
[%me]

Enabling Metadata Processing

To see metadata variables rendered in Preview or in printed/exported documents, Process Metadeta needs to be enabled in PreferencesAdvanced:

metadata

Once the setting has been enabled please restart iA Writer. Similarly if you disable this setting a restart is required for it to take effect.

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Metadata

Metadata Mac

On Mac, metadata keys can be used as variables in text. Metadata refers to additional information about the content of a document, beyond the actual text, and helps describe or organize the document The metadata will be automatically substituted for export share print and in Preview. One of the best uses of metadata would be

Metadata iPhone

On iPhone, metadata keys can be used as variables in text. Metadata refers to additional information about the content of a document, beyond the actual text, and helps describe or organize the document The metadata will be automatically substituted for export share print and in Preview. One of the best uses of metadata would be

Metadata iPad

On iPad, metadata keys can be used as variables in text. Metadata refers to additional information about the content of a document, beyond the actual text, and helps describe or organize the document The metadata will be automatically substituted for export share print and in Preview. One of the best uses of metadata would be

Metadata Windows

On Windows, metadata keys can be used as variables in text. Metadata refers to additional information about the content of a document, beyond the actual text, and helps describe or organize the document The metadata will be automatically substituted for export share print and in Preview. One of the best uses of metadata would be