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"Global attributes Global attributes can be defined in boards and schematics by using '*' as the part name (which implies that this attribute applies to all parts)."
How does this work it seems the same 'ATTRIB' used on both the schematic and the boards needs to be setup in both global attribute lists under the edit menu.
It looks like global means global within either the schematic or within the board but not global across bot at the same time.