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The Edit Field Dialog

Use the Edit Field dialog to:

Note

When editing an element, note the various editing considerations.

As described below, the fields that appear in this dialog vary, depending on how you have accessed this dialog.

The Edit Field dialog fields are:

Name

The name of the field. Please note:

You cannot use the following characters: = \ ; |
If you change the name of a field element, a new field element is created with this name; this element is stored only in the current document - it is not added to the local resource file
If you enter an invalid character, a yellow triangle is displayed next to the name; hover your cursor over the triangle to view a message that indicates the invalid character

Comments

The Comments field appears only when editing a field element in a Documaker document.

Use comments to give the Studio user additional information or instructions about the field; these comments are included with this field in the converted document in Studio

Type

The type of field: alphanumeric, date, numeric, and so on.

Additional Attributes

Properties relating to the field type, such as the length, locale, and scope.

Apply changes to all occurrences of this resource in the document

This check box appears only when editing a field resource from the Insert Field Task pane.

Select this check box to update all the graphic elements (in the active document only) that are based on this graphic resource

Apply changes to all occurrences of this resource in all open documents

This check box appears only when editing a field from the Manage Resources dialog.

Select this check box to update all the field elements (in all open documents) that are based on this graphic resource.