At a Glance: Question and Answer Summaries (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 click on Question and Answer Summaries you will see the Question and Answer Summaries Options dialog box, from here you can set options to decide how question and answer summaries are asked and displayed.

In the first section of options B you can choose the format for Question and Answer Summaries in a drop-down list. If you select One Column Format then the next section of options C becomes available and the third section D is grayed out. If you select Two Column Format the second section C will be grayed out and the third section D will become available. The other option in the first section B allows you to decide the maximum number of multiple choice options that will be displayed.

If you have chosen One Column Format in the first section B of the options then the four check boxes C allow you to further customize the look of the summaries. Here you can choose to indent the prompts displayed under dialog titles, precede the prompts with a bullet point, indent answers under prompts and precede answers with a bullet point.

If you have chosen Two Column Format in the first section B of the options then the drop-down list and number field D allow you set more options for your summaries. In the drop-down list you can choose how you would like the column borders to look. The choices are None, Plain or Sculptured. In the number field you can set the percentage of column width you would like taken up by the prompt.

The last option on the dialog E is a check box that allows you to decide whether you would like HotDocs to honor IF instructions in question summaries when they're answered.

To find out more about setting options for Question and Answer Summaries follow the links below:

• Change the Way Question and Answer Summaries Appear
• Control Which Variables are Asked in a Question Summary