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.. index:: Diagram=>More Diagram Functions=>Read Text for Placeholders from File

.. _diagrammore-diagram-functionsread-text-for-placeholders-from-file:

Diagram=>More Diagram Functions=>Read Text for Placeholders from File
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Replaces the values of text placeholders of a page with header data from a
NC-file.

.. image:: S:/uniplot-obj/images/OnPageLoadPlaceHolders-en.*

To load text, do the following:

* Choose **Diagram=>More Diagram Functions=>Read Text for Placeholders from File**.

* From the File Open dialog box select a data file.

* The file will be converted into the netCDF-format (.NC).

* A dialog box to edit the placeholder text will be displayed. Placeholders found
  in the NC file are marked with a ``*``.

* Edit the text and press OK.

.. us.comment

**Comment**

The placeholders in the IPW file must be enclosed in dollar symbols. Example:
``$Origin$``. The text within the ``$`` symbols must agree with a text in the
global attributes of the specified NC file. The place-holder text is case
sensitive. Values will be transformed into strings. If the NC attribute contains
a vector, the elements will separated by a comma followed by a blank.

To access attributes of a specific variable, the variable name must be 
separated from the attribute name with a period. Example: ``$Torque.long_name$``.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-automation`,
   :ref:`diagram-more-diagram-functions-global-placeholders`,
   :ref:`auto_ReplaceTextFromNCFile`

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