Reply To: Local Overrides in Text Variables

You can override the text frame (I'm assuming it's on a master page now), but if you convert to text, you'll not get what you'd expect (the text that's shown now), but rather the name of the variable. Not quite useful, eh?

Local formatting in variable text is an option I sorely miss as well. Only one work-around, really: make a new master page (or spread) for that chapter only. It's not worth the trouble of overriding the header frame on each of your spreads, as that surely will bite you back some day.