Opening Component Studio

You can open Component Studio from Workspace Explorer and from the template you are working on using the HotDocs Author tab.

Open Component Studio from Workspace Explorer

• In Workspace Explorer, select a template in the left pane.
• In the right pane, click  Component Studio.

Open Component Studio from a DOCX Template

• In the HotDocs Author tab of the Word ribbon, in the View group, click Component Studio.
• In the HotDocs Field Editor, select the component you want to edit, click the Edit button next to a component's name field, then click Edit in Component Studio in the editor dialog.
• In the HotDocs Field Editor, click an error message (if one is displayed) about a component.

Alternatively, you can choose to open components in Component Studio from inside a template:

• In a DOCX or Plain Text template, click the placeholder field, then next to the Name field, click the Edit button .

Open Component Studio from Composer

• In Composer, on the ribbon, in the View group, click Component Studio.

• In the HotDocs Field Editor, click the Edit button next to a component's name field, then click Edit in Component Studio in the editor dialog.