Field Editor: Image

You can use the Image option in the Field Editor to create and edit placeholder fields for images.

To view the Field properties for an image placeholder field, in the Field Editor select Add a placeholder > Image.

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  1. Common Tasks
  2. Field Type
  3. Field Properties
  4. Advanced Properties
  5. Field Toolbar

Common Tasks

Among others, referencing an image from a placeholder field enables you to perform the following common tasks:

Field Type

The Field Type element of the HotDocs Field Editor declares whether the currently selected HotDocs Field is a placeholder field or an instruction field.

Field Properties

Property Name What it Does
Image File Name Enables you to select or type in the name of an existing image.

Advanced Properties

Select the Advanced Properties expander to see further properties for the placeholder field:

Property Name Explanation
Preserve empty paragraph Enables you to force HotDocs to keep an empty paragraph left behind when HotDocs removes a HotDocs field when assembling a document
Comment
 		 You can use this to add notes about the field. A field with a comment attached displays a grey C next to the field name on the template.

Field Toolbar

At the bottom of the field editor you have access to the following actions:

Buttons What it Does
Add Field Adds the placeholder field to the template in the selected location.
Clear Choices button Clears all the settings in the Field Editor for the currently selected placeholder field.
Delete Field Button [X] Selecting anywhere in a HotDocs field causes the Delete field button to appear. If you select outside a HotDocs field, or include anything besides a single HotDocs field, the button disappears (if it was previously visible), or else does not appear. Clicking the Delete field button removes the selected field completely. Clicking Microsoft Word's Undo button restores the field completely.

The Delete field button exists to solve a particular problem: In Microsoft Word, you can delete a HotDocs field by clicking in the field, then clicking the field's handle, and then pressing the DELETE key on the keyboard. However, if you select the content control using only the keyboard, Word does not easily enable you to delete the field. HotDocs provides the Delete field button to solve this issue.