## 12. Creating and deploying user variables

DITA2Go can capture DITA element content, and in some cases attribute values, in named DITA2Go user variables for use in macros. This section describes the configuration settings required to create and deploy such variables. Topics include:

§12.1 Understanding how DITA2Go user variables work

§12.2 Assigning variable names to element paths

§12.3 Including user variables in DITA2Go macros

§12.4 Deploying user variables in template macros

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Parent Topic: I. How to set up and use DITA2Go

Sibling Topics:

1. Getting started with DITA2Go

2. Converting DITA documents

3. Editing configuration files

4. Setting basic conversion options

5. Modifying output appearance

6. Mapping elements to output formats

7. Configuring output formats

8. Configuring format components

9. Specifying conditional processing

10. Including content by reference

11. Defining element sets and properties

13. Processing related and associative links

14. Generating lists and indexes