Control the Functionality of the Enter Key During the Interview

You can control the functionality of the Enter key as you enter answers in a dialog. For example, if you want to use the Enter key to advance to the next dialog instead of the next answer field, you can specify an option that will make this possible.

To specify how the Enter key functions during

1. At the HotDocs library, click the Options button. The HotDocs Options dialog box appears.
2. Click the Interviews and Dialogs folder. The window changes to show several options relating to the way variables and dialogs appear and are processed during the interview.
3. In the Dialog Navigation group, click the Enter key action in single-line fields drop-down button and select an option:
   • Choose Next dialog to have the Enter key display the next dialog.
   • Choose Next answer field to have the Enter key move your cursor to the next answer field.
   • Choose No action to make the Enter key not do anything.

Pressing Enter in a multi-line text field will insert a line break, while pressing Ctrl+Enter will insert a paragraph end. (This affects Word users only.)