Use Answer Overflow and Addendum Text Codes

These instructions can also be used to control numbering in overflow and addendum text both at the Form Document tab of the assembly window and in HotDocs Filler.

As you customize the appearance of an addendum, you can insert any combination of codes to merge page numbering into addendum headers and footers. Also, when defining overflow cross-references and labels, you can insert codes that number entries in the addendum, particularly answers in tables that overflow. Finally, in both cases, you can control the type of number that is used—Arabic, Roman, or alphabetic.

Addendum Header and Footer Page Numbering Codes

You can use the following codes to merge page numbers in addendum headers and footers. For example, the header text Financial Aid Application, page <PAGE> would insert at the top of each addendum page the form title followed by the number of the current page in the form (that is, Financial Aid Application, page 1). The footer text Page <PAGE> of <PAGES> would insert at the bottom of each addendum page the number of the current page followed by the total number of pages in the form (that is, Page 1 of 7).

Addendum Label and Cross-Reference Text Numbering Codes

As you define how HotDocs should handle fields that overflow, you can use the following codes to merge reference numbers in cross-references and addendum labels. For example, in a table with two rows and two columns, the number codes <ROW>, <COLUMN> would insert 2, 1 for the answer in the first column of the second row. For that same cell of the table, <MEMBER> would insert 3, since the field is the third field in the table counting from the first cell of the table. And again for that answer <MEMBER:A> would insert C, the item number as an uppercase alphabetic character (1=A, 2=B, C=3, etc.).

Numbering Format Codes

To change the format of the number, between the page or referencing number code and the closing angle bracket (>), type a colon (:) immediately followed by one of the page format codes described in the following table. (A complete entry would look like this: <DOCPAGES:A>.)