Use Automatic Paragraph Numbering

You can create Number variables that supply automatic paragraph numbering to lists of answers in your HotDocs text template. This feature is not available in JavaScript or Silverlight Interviews.

HotDocs paragraph numbering values are merged into an assembled document as text, not codes. This means that if users add or delete a paragraph after the document has been assembled and sent to the word processor, the numbering will not adjust. To have automatic paragraph numbering that adjusts to changes made in the assembled document, use your word processor’s numbering codes.

To create automatic paragraph numbering

1. Position your cursor at the place in the template where you want the paragraph numbering to take effect.
2. Follow the instructions for inserting a variable, selecting Number as the variable type. (See Insert a Variable Field in a Text Template.)
3. With the Variable Field dialog box displayed, type PN# in the Variable field. (Replace # with a number representing the paragraph level. Numbers 1–9 can be entered.)
4. Optionally, clear Use default and select one of the following formats: 9.9, 9.9.a, abc, or IX. (If no example format is selected, the default—9—is used.)
5. Insert this Number variable before every paragraph of that level.

You can use SET instructions to customize HotDocs paragraph numbering. For example, the computation script, SET PN1 TO 10, would automatically start the paragraph numbering at 10. Additionally, if you assign the abc example format to the PN1 variable, HotDocs will merge in the alphabetic character that corresponds with the number used in the SET instruction. For example, the computation script, SET PN1 TO 10, would start numbering the variable «PN1:ABC» with the letter J.