{"id":1434,"date":"2022-01-26T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isis-papyrus.com\/blog\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2022-01-26T15:01:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T21:01:29","slug":"episode-8-enhance-interactive-letter-writing-with-input-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isis-papyrus.com\/blog\/episode-8-enhance-interactive-letter-writing-with-input-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 8: Enhance interactive letter writing with input fields"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Tips & Tricks series is back with an alternative way to wizards of helping authors in the letter creation process. With a new feature introduced in version 7.7 of Business Designer, you can include input fields into your document templates so that the fields are available to authors when they write letters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to wizards<\/a>, you now have another tool to help writers populate the document with data. During the design process of the document template with Business Designer<\/a>, you can add input fields to any element containing variables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wizards vs variable input fields<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While wizards use a series of dialogs displayed one after the other to prompt the writer for content, variable input fields are presented directly in the document structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With both options available, you can choose the right tool addressing your writers\u2019 favorite ways of document creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to design the user input field<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

User input fields are created directly in the document template for a selected building block in the document structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taking advantage of the forms designer<\/strong> and its predefined form elements such as text input fields, drop-down lists, check boxes and radio buttons, you can quickly define, arrange and validate form fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tip:<\/strong>Make use of the full set of forms features by setting validation rules and selecting a service for dynamic data retrieval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How authors will enter variable data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Writers will find variable input fields right below the familiar document tree. Selecting a building block in the tree presents the form fields for entering content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Updating to Papyrus Business Designer for Correspondence Version 7.7<\/a> gives you another powerful tool in the document creation process. Variable input fields<\/strong> provide a convenient way for adding variable data while presenting the user-friendly document design and structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out more about variable input fields in Business Designer, see the Papyrus user documentation or register for our Papyrus Correspondence \/ Business Designer workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n