Change Your Default Word Processor

If you have both Microsoft Word and WordPerfect installed for HotDocs, you must choose which word processor HotDocs should use as the default. The default word processor controls which word processor file type will be suggested when you create a new template. It also determines which word processor will be opened when you finish the interview and send the assembled document to it.

To specify a default word processor

1. At the HotDocs library, click the Options button. The HotDocs Options dialog box appears.
2. Click the Word Processors folder. The right pane changes to show supported word processors.
3. Click the Default word processor drop-down button and select a word processor.
4. Optionally, to send assembled documents to the word processor that matches the template file type, select Send assembled documents to word processor based on template type.
5. Optionally, to start Word before you send the assembled document to it, select Launch Word before sending to word processor (allows auto macros to run). (This is useful if the underlying template uses AutoExec or AutoOpen macros, since HotDocs explicitly disables the execution of Auto macros in Word before it sends a document to Word after assembly.)