At a Glance: Properties for New Fields (HotDocs Options)

Illustrations used throughout the help file depict HotDocs Developer and may include features not present in HotDocs Player .

After opening HotDocs Options from the toolbar (or Tools menu) in your HotDocs Library you can choose from a list of option pages in the left hand pane A.

If you double click on Form Documents you will see a list open below containing a file for setting the options for the Properties for New Fields and the Properties for New Forms. Click on Properties for New Fields to bring up the Properties for New Fields dialog box.

There are two main sections on this dialog. The top section B allows you to set options for new edit fields. You can set the horizontal and vertical alignment of text within the field by selecting from the two drop-down menus on the left side of this section. Below this there are three further options for the field alignment and format. Check the first box to have HotDocs automatically set the vertical alignment to Top for multi-line fields, you can then set how many lines per inch you would like to type in the multi-line fields and check the box below to keep the maximum number of lines to 1 for single line fields. To the right of these options you can set the size of the border between the edge of the field and the text by entering measurements into the four fields. At the top right of this section you can set the font for new edit fields by clicking the Font button.

The second section in this dialog C allows you to set options for new check box fields. In the first number field you can set the field size below which HotDocs will automatically turn the field into a check box. Then you can choose what character HotDocs uses to check the field by typing it into the Character field and the minimum size that character can be. Below these options you can set the horizontal and vertical alignment of character within the field by selecting from the two drop-down menus. To the right of these options you can set the size of the border between the edge of the field and the text by entering measurements into the four fields. At the top right of this section you can set the font for new edit fields by clicking the Font button.

To find out more about setting options for New Fields follow the links below:

• Set Properties for New Edit Fields
• Set Properties for New check box Fields