Field Editor: Assemble Another Template (ASSEMBLE)
In the Field Editor, under Other Operations, you can click Assemble Another Template to add an instruction field containing an ASSEMBLE instruction. The ASSEMBLE instruction tells HotDocs to assemble the selected template directly after this assembly.
Common Task
Field Type
The Field Type element of the HotDocs Field Editor declares whether the currently selected HotDocs Field is a placeholder field or an instruction field.
Field Properties
| Element | What it Does |
| Template file name | Enables you to select a template from the same workspace your main template is in. You can select an existing template using the drop-down list or type in a new one and click Create Now. Click the edit button to open that template for editing. |
| Template Properties | (Only appears after you select a template) Opens the selected template's Template Properties Dialog Box. |
| Show Interview/Suppress Interview | Enables you to choose whether or not you want HotDocs to display the interview for this template during assembly. |
Advanced Properties
Select the Advanced Properties expander to see further properties for the field:
| Property | What it Does |
| Preserve empty paragraph | Enables you to force HotDocs to keep an empty paragraph left behind when HotDocs removes a HotDocs field during document assembly. |
| Comment | You can use this to add notes about the field. A field with a comment attached displays a grey C next to the field name on the template. |
Field Toolbar
At the bottom of the HotDocs Field Editor, you have access to the following actions:
| Buttons | What it Does |
| Add Field | Adds the placeholder field to the template in the selected location. |
| Navigation | When a placeholder field is selected, navigation buttons show. Use < and > to navigate to the next HotDocs field. When a conditional instruction is selected, such as ELSE IF, navigation buttons help you to match the corresponding instructions, such as END IF. |
| Delete Field Button [X] | Selecting anywhere in a HotDocs field causes the Delete field button to appear. If you select outside a HotDocs field, or include anything besides a single HotDocs field, the button disappears (if it was previously visible), or else does not appear. Clicking the Delete field button removes the selected field completely. Clicking Microsoft Word's Undo button restores the field completely.
The Delete field button exists to solve a particular problem: In Microsoft Word, you can delete a HotDocs field by clicking in the field, then clicking the field's handle, and then pressing the DELETE key on the keyboard. However, if you select the field using only the keyboard, Word does not easily enable you to delete the field. You can do so by deleting all the content of the field and then pressing the DELETE key again, or if your cursor is just to the right of the field, you can press the Backspace button once to select the field's content, a second time to delete the content, then a third time removes the field. HotDocs provides the Delete field button to simplify this process. |