Can't get running header to sync across book (CS3)

[J***@adobeforums.com]

I have a book with some master page items set to a Running Header (Paragraph Style) text variable, say, "<document title>". This works fine for all of the pages after the first one in which it's defined... but only in the first document in a book.

I've set that document to be the style source for the book, and synchronized all the documents. I even made sure that "text variables" is checked off in the synchronize options.

In CS3, do Running Headers not propagate throughout a book?

[j***@adobeforums.com]

No. The text variables are, but their actual value is not.

If you have, say, the title of your book in a running header, you will have to put it on one of your master pages and use that instead.

Another trick (warning: a dirty one) is to put the text for the running header in "invisble" text, somewhere on your first page. Set its size to 0.1pt, leading to 0pt, and color to "None". A bit harder to edit than a master page, though.