Customize the Appearance of Addenda

You can format the form addendum to fit your project requirements.

To change the addendum's appearance

  1. At the HotDocs library, click the Options button. The HotDocs Options dialog box appears.
  2. Double-click the Form Documents folder. The folder expands to show several subfolders.
  3. Double-click the Properties for New Forms folder, then select the Addendum Properties subfolder. The window changes to show options that control the format of the addendum.
  4. In the Page Margins group, enter margin widths (or click the up or down arrows to select a number). These numbers control the spacing between the answer text and the edges of the field.
  5. In the Header Properties and Footer Properties groups, specify the header or footer text you want to appear in the addendum:
    • At the Header text or Footer text field, type the text you want displayed in the addendum header or footer. (See Use Answer Overflow and Addendum Text Codes.)
    • At the Height field, type a number (or click the up or down arrows to select a number). This number controls the vertical height of the header section.
    • Click Font to display the Font dialog box, where you can change font properties of the header text.
    • At the Alignment drop-down list, select one of the available options: Left, Center, Right, or Justified.
  6. In the Addendum Entries group, make the following changes:
    • To change the font properties of the addendum entries, click Font to display the Font dialog box.
    • To control the distance between the label and the actual answer, enter a number (or click the up or down arrows to select a number) in the Indent field.
    • To control the distance between answer tables in the addendum, enter a number (or click the up or down arrows to select a number) in the Spacing field.
  7. Select Number lines to format as pleading paper to place lines on the right and left side of the addendum, with numbers along the entire left edge.

The changes you make are not applied to existing forms. The changes won't take effect until you create a new template.