Resize Form Fields

These instructions can also be used to create a form field at both the Form Document tab of the assembly window and in HotDocs Filler.

You may need to adjust the size of a field to fit it into the available space on the form. You can change a field's size using the mouse, the keyboard, or the Position/Size tab of the Field Properties dialog box.

To resize a field using a mouse

1. Edit a form template. (See Edit a Form Template.)
2. Select the field. (See Select a Field.)
3. Click a handle or field border. (When the mouse pointer is on a handle, the pointer changes to a double-arrow, indicating the directions the border can be moved.)
4. Hold down the mouse button and drag the border to a new position.

To resize a field using the keyboard

1. Edit a form template. (See Edit a Form Template.)
2. Select the field. (See Select a Field.)
3. Press the Page Up or Page Down keys to move the top border of the field up or down, and the End or Home keys to move the right border of the field right or left. (To resize the field more quickly, hold down the Shift key as you press the keys.)

To resize a field using the Field Properties dialog box

1. Edit a form template. (See Edit a Form Template.)
2. Select the field. (See Select a Field.)
3. Click the Field Properties button. The Field Properties dialog box appears.
4. Click the Additional tab and, in the Size group, enter the desired distance from the left and top borders of the field in the Width or Height fields. (You can also click the up or down arrows for each field to change the size.) The field size is changed.

If you are working with linked fields in a fillable PDF template and you plan to save the document assembled from the template as a fillable PDF, any changes you make to the linked field will not be honored in the saved fillable PDF. See Check Fillable Fields in a PDF Template for details.