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# Animate Live Values updates
The Layer Properties panel contains the Live Values tab which allows you to manually update variables from a graphic layer. There are two modes for sending updates to graphic layers when information from your variables has been manually edited.
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The Auto/Manual toggle and the two manual update buttons appear only when your license includes the live-update feature. Otherwise, updates are always sent automatically and these controls do not appear.
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* [Auto Update](#auto-update)
* [Manually Update](#manually-update)
## Auto Update
By default the Live Values tab is set to **Auto Update**. Any changes you make to a variable in this mode are sent to the live graphic immediately, using the transition preset applied to that design layer from the Designer.
## Manually Update
Switch the toggle to **Manually Update** to buffer edits. In this mode the Live Values tab shows two additional icon buttons next to the toggle:
The **Update changes without animation**  button sends any pending edits as a cut with no animation. This is very useful for making quick edits to existing information on a live graphic without drawing attention to a change.
The **Update changes with animation**  button sends any pending edits using the transition preset applied to that design layer from the Designer.
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One of these two update buttons must be pressed every time edits need to go on-air. You can edit multiple variables and follow up with a single press to send them all at once.
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**💡 TIP**\
Hit the Enter key on your keyboard or click away from the text entry field to approve changes so that a variable can then be manually updated.
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