Control How Forms Appear When Opened

When you open a form in HotDocs , different views of the form can be shown, such as fields and thumbnail views of form pages. You can control which views appear, as well as what level of magnification is used. These settings are used each time you open a form.

To control how forms appear when opened

  1. At the HotDocs library, click the Options button. The HotDocs Options dialog box appears.
  2. Click the Form Documents folder. The right pane changes to show options for working with forms.
  3. In the On Open group, select options that control the view when you open a form, as described in the following table:
To Do This
Display the colored fields Select Highlight Fields.
Display thumbnail images of each page of the form Click Show Thumbnails.

The thumbnails appear in a separate pane in the window. You can click on the thumbnail images to move through the form.
Display forms at actual size. Click Zoom and select 100%
Match form width to the left and right edges of the window Click Zoom and select Fit to Width.
Matches form height to the top and bottom edges of the window Click Zoom and select Fit to Height.

You can hide the fields, variables, and thumbnails by clearing these options.

To change the colors used for form fields, see Change Colors in HotDocs Forms.