How to use text blocks multiple times?

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Hi,
I’m writing texts for an exhibition. Now I try to find a solution for the following task: I have to write texts that are compiled of different paragraphs, for instance I will call them A, B, C, D, E, F.
Text 1 will consist of § A, B, C, D
Text 2 will consist of § A, B, D, E
Text 3 will consist of § A, B, D, E, F
and so on, depending on the context in which they are published.
I can easily compile the paragraphs working with duplicates or copy/paste.
But: in the editing process I will get remarks to, say, paragraph A, which occurs multiple times and I therefore need to correct it multiple times.
Is there a way to link these paragraphs together without hardcopying them, so that when editing the “original” paragraph A the alterations will be made automatically in every instance?
I tried to use the “link” feature, but it will only copy the link into the text and not the linked paragraph of text.

Thanks in advance for any helpful idea.

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This is the basic procedure:

  1. set up the ‘boilerplate’ paragraphs (ParaA, ParaB, ParaC, ParaD) in the binder, (outside the Draft/Manuscript folder for preference) one document per paragraph.

  2. set up the main body texts (Text 1, Text 2 etc) in the Drafts folder.

Then in the texts, do this:

blah blab blah blah etc

<$include>

blah blah blah blah blah

<$include>

Whenever you want one of the paragraphs, you add the <$include>, then select it all (including the <>) and create a link (from the right-click menu) to the relevant boilerplate document (e.g. ParaA for the first include, ParaB for the second etc).

When you compile the document, they will be included; and you only need to make any changes to each ParaX once.

HTH.

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…perfect, exactly what I was looking for… :slight_smile:
Thank you very much, it goes swimmingly!

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You’re welcome!