Keyboard Prompting

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document automation

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Keyboard Prompting

Not all variables can be automated using the Variable Prompt function. For example, you cannot enter a Table or a numbered list in a data-entry field on a prompt screen. The Keyboard Prompting function of I-Deal Docs allows you to set "stop" points in a document. During document assembly, the generation process will automatically stop at each of these points and allow direct entry into the document. When ready, the operator clicks a Continue button to resume the generation process.

For example, a document might contain the following text:

7.4	My executors shall hold my estate on trust to divide it as follows:-
	(a)

and at "(a)" the operator is required to enter a numbered list of details on how the estate is to be divided.

To set this up, you would enter the following in the base document:

7.4	My executors shall hold my estate on trust to divide it as follows:-
	(a) #idd inplace Enter details for division of estate#

The "#idd" at the start and the "#" at the end are required as they mark the start and end of the keyboard prompting information. The "inplace" is a keyword that marks this as an in-the-document keyboard prompt (there are other keywords for different styles of prompting).

As this document is being assembled, the following prompt will be displayed:

The insertion point will be in the document, immediately after the "(a)" because that is where the "#idd" is. The operator would enter the required details, then click the Continue button to move onto the next prompt.

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