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Same table cell's content to insert in many topics

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Hi!
Writing a guide with many same table cell's content to use in many topics I'd like ask how better organizing this work?
Saying to use variables is a difficult way to need many and many variables.
Using snippets is for saving whole tables only not for concrete cells.
Maybe are there some tricks to do it?

An example displays that a red highlighted row is same in different tables.
<table 1>
<row/>
<row/>
<row/>
</table>

<table 2>
<row/>
<row/>
<row/>
</table>

<table 3>
<row/>
<row/>
<row/>
</table>
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Re: Same table cell's content to insert in many topics

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Hi Victor,

You have already described all the options:
  • Save the entire table as a snippet
  • Save the text from the cell as a snippet and insert it in the cell
  • You could also insert snippets in the cells of a table and then save the entire table as a snippet, if that helps
However, it is not possible to save cells or rows as snippets. Only the entire table, or contents of individual cells.
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Re: Same table cell's content to insert in many topics

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Thanks, Tim!
Tim Green wrote:Save the entire table as a snippet
That doesn't suit me because as I wrote above the tables have only same cell's content but their structure and rest content are different...
Tim Green wrote:Save the text from the cell as a snippet and insert it in the cell
Same not... Imagine there're 100 tables and all values were changed... how many times I need to save and insert snippets :roll:
Tim Green wrote:You could also insert snippets in the cells of a table and then save the entire table as a snippet, if that helps
Snippet inside snippet?... An advanced possibility but in reality is for an experienced authors only...
Tim Green wrote:However, it is not possible to save cells or rows as snippets. Only the entire table, or contents of individual cells.
Saving row as snippet in time of inserting gives a broken table's structure... (two frames as for main table as for snippet's row too).
Is really a solution to make variables only?
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Re: Same table cell's content to insert in many topics

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Have there been any improvements here?
It seems saving table rows as snippets and putting them back together again in a different sequence as a table does not work.
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John Johann wrote:Have there been any improvements here?
It seems saving table rows as snippets and putting them back together again in a different sequence as a table does not work.
No, that can't work I'm afraid because a table is a unitary block element and you can't assemble it from components.
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