Open a Saved Text Document for Editing

After assembling and saving a document, you can later edit the document using the appropriate program:

• Text documents are saved as word processor files (.DOCX, .DOC, .WPD, or .RTF). To edit these files, you must use a word processor.
• Form documents are saved as HotDocs form files (.HFD or .HPD). To edit these files, you must use HotDocs Filler. See Edit a Saved Form Document for instructions on completing these actions.

To open a saved text document using Windows Explorer

• Using Windows Explorer, locate the document file and double-click it. Your word processor appears, showing the saved document.

To open a saved text document using the word processor

• Using your word processor program's commands, locate and open the desired document file.

When an assembled document is saved, the file is separated from the template file, component file, and answer file that created it. This means that changes you make to a saved document are not reflected in the answer file used to assemble that document. Finally, if you do make changes to the document, you must identify and change each instance of the answer manually, including re-evaluating any computations or conditions affected by changed answers.