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Available in PhraseExpander Professional

The input form is displayed when the template you are executing contains the Section macro or any fill-in variables.

 

The Input Form displays the fill-in fields and highlights the current selection in the Preview.

The Input Form displays the fill-in fields and highlights the current selection in the Preview.

 

The Input Form contains a user input list and a Preview pane, with controls for sending text, selecting the target application, restoring responses, keeping the window on top, and changing the Preview position.

 

1. User input list

The User input list (on the left-hand side) contains all the fill-in variables that can be filled in to customize the template and the sections (created via the Section macro). The preview displays the entire text that will be generated by the template and the current selection is displayed highlighted.

 

2. Send Button

Sends the text displayed in the preview to the target application

 

3. Target window

The Target window indicates in which application PhraseExpander will send the generated text.

 

4. Preview

When making changes to the fill-in variables, PhraseExpander calculates the final result in real time, displaying it in the Preview window (on the right-hand side).

This provides you with a real-time representation of the final document that PhraseExpander will generate once you press the Send text button.

 

5. Split bar

Change the size of the User input list and the preview or completely collapse the preview by double clicking on the split bar.

Press CTRL+P to toggle the Split bar.

 

6. History

Click History, or press CTRL+H, to restore responses from a previous execution or reset the form to its default values. Input Form History is available in the Medical and Enterprise editions.

 

7. Pin

Click the Pin button to control whether the Input Form stays above other applications. PhraseExpander remembers the last Pin setting when you close and reopen the Input Form.

 

8. Dock Preview

Click the Dock Preview button, or press CTRL+SHIFT+P, to move the Preview between the right side and the bottom of the Input Form.