Overriding an Answer in a Form

Problem

What happens when I override an answer in a form document?

Solution

Sometimes you need to enter an answer in a form document, but you are unable to enter that answer because of formatting restrictions on that field. (Remember, dates and numbers must be formatted a certain way for HotDocs to consider them valid.) For example, say you enter 3,000,000 as an answer to a number variable. The field, however, may not be large enough to show the whole answer without sending it to the addendum. You can override the field's format and enter 3 mill. as the answer.

Or perhaps you have a date that is appearing in one format (19 May 2006), but you want it to appear in a different format (06/19/06). You can override the field and enter the answer you need.

Overriding the format of the field allows you to enter whatever text you need in the answer field.

See Override an Answer in a Form for details on overriding form fields.

Overriding a field is like placing a sticky note over the field and writing on it—you can see what is written on the note, but HotDocs continues to use the original answer. Any other fields that use the answer, either in a calculation or a condition, will continue to do so. The original answer will likewise be saved in the answer file.