diff --git a/sources/SearchAndReplace/searchandreplaceworker.cpp b/sources/SearchAndReplace/searchandreplaceworker.cpp
index 9f74248d7..28c053e4a 100644
--- a/sources/SearchAndReplace/searchandreplaceworker.cpp
+++ b/sources/SearchAndReplace/searchandreplaceworker.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,20 @@ void SearchAndReplaceWorker::replaceDiagram(QList<Diagram *> diagram_list)
 			}
 		}
 
-		new_properties.context.add(m_titleblock_properties.context);
+		// The replace dialog lists every custom variable of the folios
+		// (#1113), so an empty value means "leave unchanged", exactly like
+		// the fields of the main tab.
+		const DiagramContext &change = m_titleblock_properties.context;
+		for (const QString &key : change.keys()) {
+			const QString value = change.value(key).toString();
+			if (value.isEmpty()) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			new_properties.context.addValue(
+				key,
+				applyChange(new_properties.context.value(key).toString(),
+					    value));
+		}
 
 		if (old_propertie != new_properties) {
 			project->undoStack()->push(new ChangeTitleBlockCommand(d, old_propertie, new_properties));
diff --git a/sources/SearchAndReplace/ui/searchandreplacewidget.cpp b/sources/SearchAndReplace/ui/searchandreplacewidget.cpp
index af229b0c5..998e1b2ad 100644
--- a/sources/SearchAndReplace/ui/searchandreplacewidget.cpp
+++ b/sources/SearchAndReplace/ui/searchandreplacewidget.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "../../qeticons.h"
 #include "../../qetinformation.h"
 #include "../../qetproject.h"
+#include "../../ui/titleblockpropertieswidget.h"
 #include "replaceadvanceddialog.h"
 #include "replaceconductordialog.h"
 #include "replaceelementdialog.h"
@@ -1109,7 +1110,26 @@ void SearchAndReplaceWidget::on_m_previous_pb_clicked()
 void SearchAndReplaceWidget::on_m_folio_pb_clicked()
 {
 	ReplaceFolioDialog *dialog = new ReplaceFolioDialog(this);
-	dialog->setTitleBlockProperties(m_worker.m_titleblock_properties);
+
+		// List the custom variables the folios already use, so the user only
+		// has to type a value instead of guessing each name (#1113).
+	TitleBlockProperties properties = m_worker.m_titleblock_properties;
+	for (const QPointer<Diagram> &diagram : std::as_const(m_diagram_hash))
+	{
+		if (!diagram) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		for (const QString &key :
+			 diagram->border_and_titleblock.exportTitleBlock().context.keys()) {
+			if (!properties.context.contains(key)) {
+				properties.context.addValue(key, QString());
+			}
+		}
+		TitleBlockPropertiesWidget::addTemplateVariables(
+					properties.context,
+					diagram->border_and_titleblock.titleBlockTemplate());
+	}
+	dialog->setTitleBlockProperties(properties);
 
 	int result = dialog->exec();
 	if (result == QDialogButtonBox::AcceptRole)
diff --git a/sources/titleblocktemplate.cpp b/sources/titleblocktemplate.cpp
index 79d6b0adf..69214702e 100644
--- a/sources/titleblocktemplate.cpp
+++ b/sources/titleblocktemplate.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QRegularExpressionMatch>
+#include <algorithm>
 /**
 	@brief TitleBlockTemplate::TitleBlockTemplate
 	Constructor
@@ -1818,14 +1819,46 @@ QString TitleBlockTemplate::interpreteVariables(
 		const QString &string,
 		const DiagramContext &diagram_context) const
 {
+	// A variable nobody has given a value to yet -- e.g. one just added to
+	// the template, which is not in the folio's Custom tab until its
+	// properties are opened (#1113) -- must render blank rather than as its
+	// own name, the same as an auto-added but unset one already does (#973).
+	// Collect those from the template text before substituting, so a value
+	// that happens to contain "%something" is never touched.
+	// A bare "%name" is unset only if no key is a prefix of it, because the
+	// substitution below replaces "%key" wherever it appears.
+	static const QRegularExpression rx(
+		QStringLiteral("%\\{([a-z0-9_-]+)\\}|%([a-z0-9_-]+)"));
+	const QStringList keys =
+		diagram_context.keys(DiagramContext::DecreasingLength);
+	QStringList unset;
+	auto it = rx.globalMatch(string);
+	while (it.hasNext()) {
+		const QRegularExpressionMatch m = it.next();
+		const QString name = m.captured(1).isEmpty()
+				? m.captured(2) : m.captured(1);
+		bool known = diagram_context.contains(name);
+		if (!known && m.captured(1).isEmpty()) {
+			for (const QString &key : keys) {
+				if (name.startsWith(key)) { known = true; break; }
+			}
+		}
+		if (!known) unset << m.captured(0);
+	}
+
 	QString interpreted_string = string;
-	foreach (QString key,
-		 diagram_context.keys(DiagramContext::DecreasingLength)) {
+	foreach (QString key, keys) {
 		interpreted_string.replace("%{" % key % "}",
 					   diagram_context[key].toString());
 		interpreted_string.replace("%" % key,
 					   diagram_context[key].toString());
 	}
+	std::sort(unset.begin(), unset.end(),
+		  [](const QString &a, const QString &b) {
+			return a.length() > b.length();
+		  });
+	for (const QString &placeholder : unset)
+		interpreted_string.remove(placeholder);
 	return(interpreted_string);
 }
 
@@ -1834,7 +1867,7 @@ QString TitleBlockTemplate::interpreteVariables(
 	Get list of variables
 	@return The list of string with variables
 */
-QStringList TitleBlockTemplate::listOfVariables()
+QStringList TitleBlockTemplate::listOfVariables() const
 {
 	QStringList list;
 	// Match both the braced "%{name}" form and the bare "%name" form
diff --git a/sources/titleblocktemplate.h b/sources/titleblocktemplate.h
index a7f6c9686..8bc1821d6 100644
--- a/sources/titleblocktemplate.h
+++ b/sources/titleblocktemplate.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class TitleBlockTemplate : public QObject {
 	void applyCellSpan(TitleBlockCell *);
 	void applyRowColNums();
 	void rowColsChanged();
-	QStringList listOfVariables();
+	QStringList listOfVariables() const;
 	
 	protected:
 	void loadInformation(const QDomElement &);
diff --git a/sources/ui/titleblockpropertieswidget.cpp b/sources/ui/titleblockpropertieswidget.cpp
index b3ff972cc..929b557c2 100644
--- a/sources/ui/titleblockpropertieswidget.cpp
+++ b/sources/ui/titleblockpropertieswidget.cpp
@@ -483,13 +483,23 @@ TitleBlockTemplate *TitleBlockPropertiesWidget::templateForIndex(int index) cons
 	Add to @p context every CUSTOM variable used by the currently selected
 	template that is not already present, with an empty value — so the user
 	only has to fill in the values instead of declaring the variables (#271).
-	The standard fields (title, author, date, …) are handled by their own
-	widgets and are skipped. Existing values in @p context are preserved.
 */
 void TitleBlockPropertiesWidget::addTemplateVariables(
 		DiagramContext &context, int index) const
 {
-	TitleBlockTemplate *tpl = templateForIndex(index);
+	addTemplateVariables(context, templateForIndex(index));
+}
+
+/**
+	@brief TitleBlockPropertiesWidget::addTemplateVariables
+	Add to @p context every CUSTOM variable used by @p tpl that is not already
+	present, with an empty value.
+	The standard fields (title, author, date, …) are handled by their own
+	widgets and are skipped. Existing values in @p context are preserved.
+*/
+void TitleBlockPropertiesWidget::addTemplateVariables(
+		DiagramContext &context, const TitleBlockTemplate *tpl)
+{
 	if (!tpl) return;
 
 	// Variables rendered from the dedicated standard-field widgets; they must
diff --git a/sources/ui/titleblockpropertieswidget.h b/sources/ui/titleblockpropertieswidget.h
index 00e8c1758..0622da8a5 100644
--- a/sources/ui/titleblockpropertieswidget.h
+++ b/sources/ui/titleblockpropertieswidget.h
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ class TitleBlockPropertiesWidget : public QWidget
 		void setTitleBlockTemplatesVisible(const bool &visible);
 		void setReadOnly (const bool &ro);
 
+		static void addTemplateVariables(
+				DiagramContext &context,
+				const TitleBlockTemplate *tpl);
+
 	private:
 		void addCollection (
 				TitleBlockTemplatesCollection *tbt_collection);