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Editing a Component

You can open a component editor in a few different places in HotDocs Author:

• HotDocs Field Editor
• • In the HotDocs Author Add-in for Word
  • In HotDocs Composer
• Component Studio
• From the HotDocs Test Browser

To Edit a Component from the Field Editor in an Open Template

• In the template, click the placeholder field containing the component you want to edit, and then in the Field Editor pane click Edit component.

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• In a form template, select the field and click Edit Component.

To use Component Studio to Edit a Component

1. Open Component Studio
2. (Optional) To filter the components list, in the Components pane, click the All Components drop-down arrow; then click the component type you want to filter.
3. Select a component from the list to view it in the main pane or double-click the component to pin it open for editing.

There are different properties you can edit for each component type:

• Variables
• • Text Variable Editor
  • Number Variable Editor
  • Date Variable Editor
  • True/False Variable Editor
  • Single Select Variable Editor
  • Multi Select Variable Editor
  • Table Variable Editor
• Dialog Editor
• Computation Editor
• Fixed Table Editor
• Dialog Element Editor

To Edit a Component from the HotDocs Test Browser

1. Test a template.
2. Right-click on a component in the main interview pane.
3. Select Edit Component

Component Studio opens with the selected component pinned open for editing. Once you finish editing, you can relaunch the test interview to see your changes.