Hi Denise,

A document variable isn't likely to help you in this situation. Document
variables are saved in the file of the document where they're set, and they
aren't (easily) available to other documents.

What would probably serve you better is a separate document containing the
information. You can use one document to hold a bunch of different values.
Insert a bookmark to surround each value that you want to use elsewhere. For
example, let's say that for now the content of the document is just one
line,

   Cabana_dues      58.50

Use the Insert > Bookmark dialog to insert a bookmark named Cabana_dues to
enclose just the 58.80 (the first part is there to identify the line for
whoever has to enter new values).

In any other document where you need that information, use the Insert > File
dialog. Choose the document that contains the data, click the Range button,
enter the name of the bookmark (Cabana_dues), and click the down arrow next
to the Insert button and select Insert As Link. That creates a field whose
value is the content of the bookmark. If you change the value inside the
bookmark in the data document, then come back to the field and update it
(select it and press F9), the displayed value will change to the new one.

A variation is that you can use an Excel spreadsheet with named ranges to
hold the values instead of a Word document with bookmarks. The rest of the
procedure is the same. For small amounts of data, though, there's little
practical difference.