Advanced HotDocs Field Editor Tool
The Advanced Field Editor tool is a small popup text box you can use to create and edit HotDocs Fields and their properties when editing a template. You launch the Advanced Field Editor tool by using the keyboard shortcut (default is Ctrl+,) within any of HotDocs Author's editable areas:
- Microsoft Word
- HotDocs Composer
- Prompt fields in the various component editors
- Etc.
Common Tasks
Among others, the Advanced Field Editor enables you to perform the following common tasks:
- Add a placeholder field for an existing variable
- Edit the properties of an existing variable
- Create a conditional region
- Create a repeated region
Tool Elements
Everything you can do with the Advanced Field Editor tool is done in the text box that you launch when you press the Ctrl+, keyboard shortcut:
| Element | What it Does |
| Text box | Enables you quickly create and edit HotDocs Fields and their properties when editing a template, without the need to use the HotDocs Field Editor (which requires using the mouse). The following example represents the text you would see in the text box if you pressed Ctrl+, on a Text variable with all possible properties entered/selected: First Name:'*',>10,"Not Answered","Arial":LIKE THIS // Comment | Variable Name:'Fill character',>Fill Alignment Fill width,"Unanswered text","Font":Format //Comment | Preserve Empty Paragraph |