To make a HotDocs Model easier to read, you can hide the type and format information for variable fields and the condition information for conditional text fields. With this “clutter” hidden, this conditional example:
I, [ClientName;te;format=upper], direct my personal representative to see that my body is [if:ClientToBeBuried:buried in the [ClientBurialCemetery;te]/elseif:ClientToBeCremated: cremated and my ashes scattered whithersoever my personal representative shall direct/elseif:ClientBodyToMedicine:donated to [ClientBodyInstitution;te]/else:disposed of as my personal representative shall direct].
becomes:
I, [ClientName], direct my personal representative to see that my body is [buried in the [ClientBurialCemetery]/cremated and my ashes scattered whithersoever my personal representative shall direct/donated to [ClientBodyInstitution]/disposed of as my personal representative shall direct].
Notice that in variable fields, markup from the colon up to the closing bracket is hidden. In conditional text fields, markup after the opening bracket or forward slash up to the first character of the document text is hidden.
To hide markup clutter using the built-in features of Word, select (or highlight) the text to be hidden, choose Format on the Word menu bar, choose Font in the drop-down menu, and select Hidden. To show hidden markup clutter for review or editing, click the Show/Hide ¶ button on the Word toolbar.
If you have installed the HotDocs Markup Tools, you can first click the 
Apply Clutter button on the toolbar to apply the hidden attribute to markup clutter across the entire HotDocs Model. Then, to easily show or re-hide the clutter you have hidden, click the Hide/Show Clutter button.
Using the Hide/Show Clutter button instead of Show/Hide ¶ has the advantage that it shows hidden markup clutter without showing Word formatting marks which can make the HotDocs Model difficult to read.
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