At a Glance: The Field Properties dialog box (Overflow Tab)

After opening HotDocs Automator, directly from the your start menu or by opening a form template to edit from a HotDocs Library, you can view the Overflow Properties by clicking the Field Properties button and clicking the Overflow tab.

Depending on whether the field is a regular field, run-on field or a table the Overflow tab can have different options. The dialog on the left has the overflow options for regular fields and the dialog on the right has the overflow options for tables.

In the Overflow tab for regular fields the first set of options A designates what HotDocs will do when an answer overflows. You can choose to shrink the answer and the lowest font size it should be shrunk to, send the whole answer to the addendum, or split the answer between the field and the addendum.

Below that are two text fields, in the first field B enter the text you want HotDocs to place in the answer field if the answer overflows and in the second field C enter the label text you would like to appear before the answer on the addendum. Underneath the second text field are two check boxes D where you can choose to have HotDocs begin this addendum entry on a new page and/or have the next addendum entry appear on a new page.

In the text field E below you can enter a name group name for your addendum entry and in the check box F below you can have HotDocs start a new addendum after this field.

The first option in the Overflow tab for tables is a check box G that you can tick to send overflowed answers to an addendum. Below that is a choice of three options H where, if the table overflows, you can choose if you would like HotDocs to send the entire table to the addendum, send complete rows to the addendum or send individual cells to the addendum.

Below that are the two text fields and check boxes exactly the same as for regular fields (B, C and D). Just below this is a number field K where you can enter the amount of centimeters you would like the addendum entry indented from the label.

The Overflow tab for a run-on field just has one change from the one for regular fields. You have the option to add an addendum entry indicator check box to the fields. (see below)

To learn more about setting options for addendum properties follow the links below:

• Define Overflow Properties for a Regular Field
• Define Overflow Properties for Run-on Fields
• Define Overflow Properties for a Table
• Split a Multi-Line Answer Between the Form and the Addendum
• Create Independent Addendums for Forms