Step 2 of the HotDocs Author workflow: Add placeholders

Deleting a Placeholder field

When you're editing a template, there are a few different ways to completely delete a Placeholder field.

To delete a Placeholder field

For many users, the most obvious way to delete a field is by using the backspace key:

  1. In a template, position your cursor at the end of the Placeholder field you wish to delete.
  2. Press Backspace enough times to remove all of the text and brackets contained in the Placeholder field.
  3. When the content control is empty, press Backspace once more to completely delete the Placeholder field.

You may also delete a Placeholder field by clicking anywhere in a Placeholder field and:

  • Pressing Ctrl + Shift + .  (this keyboard shortcut is not available in Composer)
  • At the bottom of the Placeholder field Editor, click the (red X) Delete icon Delete field button

  • Clicking on the three vertical dots portion of the content control and pressing Backspace or Delete

Deleting a field does not delete the component referenced by that field.

To undo a Placeholder field deletion

  1. After you delete a field using the steps above.

  2. On the Word ribbon, click the Undo button.

You can only use the undo method to step back through edits since you last opened the template. If you have saved and closed the template since you deleted the field you won't be able to recover it.