Insert and use variable chips

If you're using Google Docs on an eligible work or school account, you can create and use variable chips in your document to:

• Fill in multiple fields at once with the same text
• Create templates that you can export with different variable values. 

Create a new variable chip

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. You can either:

• Go to Insert  Smart chips  Variables.
• Type '@' and select Variable.

3. Click Insert new variable .
4. Optional: From the right panel, you can rename a variable chip. Hover over the variable chip, click Edit name .

Assign a value to a variable chip

When you change the value of a variable chip, the change will apply anywhere that you've used the variable chip in the doc.

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. Find a variable chip.
   • Tip: If a variable chip doesn't have any value assigned yet, it will have a black outline around the text.
3. Click the variable chip and enter the value.

See all of your variable chips in one place

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. Go to Tools Variables.
3. From the right panel, you can:
   • Create a new variable: At the top, click New variable .
   • Rename variable chips: Hover over a variable chip, then click Edit name .
   • Insert existing variable chips into your doc: Hover over a variable chip, then click Insert.
   • Delete a variable chip: Hover over a variable chip, then click Delete . 
     • Important: If you delete a variable chip in the right panel, it will remove all instances of the variable chip in the document.