HotDocs Skips Questions When Navigating from Child Dialog

Problem

After I answer questions in a child (or nested) dialog, I click Next and HotDocs takes me to the next dialog in the interview—not back to the main-level dialog I was in originally. How can I keep this from happening?

Solution

HotDocs moves to the next dialog in the interview outline because of a default setting. Its behavior is most useful when child dialogs appear as the last item in a dialog, and, after answering questions in the child dialog, you want to move to the next dialog in the interview. However, there are times when you need to return to the parent dialog and continue answering questions in the current dialog.

If, instead, you want to return to the main-level dialog that uses the child, you can clear this default setting. At the assembly window, clear Next Dialog Follows Outline (Navigate menu).