# Custom Templating

The authoring platform allows you to use a templating substitution system to dynamically inject the following content into trainings:

* Learner Name
* Learner Department
* Learner Role
* Company Name

This allows for content that feels very bespoke to the learner and thus hopefully engages them more when reading through the content.

### Adding in a Template Substitution

You can start typing the open bracket  "`{` " to see a dropdown list of available substitutions. You can either type in the name of the substitution and click enter, or you can just point and click on the one you want.

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Below we see what a sentence with all of the substitutions might look like. You can use these substitutions anywhere in the training, including page titles and section titles.

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When a learner takes your training, they will see the result of the substitution templates. Below we see that all of this learners information was filled in successfully. If a learner does not have a department or role, then it will display as blanks. We encourage you to have department and roles for all learners.

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