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'Pathagorizing' Your Documents (Variables and Optional Text)
<<*Options*I have no children./I have one minor child./I have [num cdn] minor
children.>>
Anatomy: Two sets of 'facing' angle brackets (the 'boundary' characters) surround the
core block. The word “Options” surrounded by asterisks constitutes the 'call to action.' The
various choices are separated by forward slashes. The actual text of the options will
appear as the 'prompts' on the selection form during document assembly process.
With reference to MultiChoice *List*
<<*Options**States*.>> Anatomy: The 'boundary' characters followed by the call
to a 'MultiChoice List' alias.
With Prompts/Questions (up to 6 choices and 6 responses)
<<*Options*No children/One child/Two or more children?* I have no
children./I have one child to whom I give, devise and bequeath the remainder of
my estate./I have [number of children] minor children to whom I give, devise
and bequeath the remainder of my estate, in equal shares.>> Anatomy: Boundary
characters surround the core block. The word “Options” surrounded by asterisks
constitutes the 'call to action.' The optional term '(radio)' is included in this call to action
to indicate that the choices are mutually exclusive. The call to action is followed
immediately by a series of prompts or question that you want to be shown to the enduser during document assembly. A third asterisk closes out the 'administrative section'
of the block. The options text follows, each option separated from the other by forward
slashes. Each option can range from a single character to multiple paragraphs.
With !Group! (A !group! name is used to tie two blocks together. (The positional
selection of the first variable automatically causes the same positional
selection of subsequent variables.):
<<*Options*!Children!*I have no children./I have one minor child./I have [num
cdn] children.>>
<<*Options*!Children!*I give the remainder of my estate to the following
persons./I give the remainder of my estate to my child./I give the remainder of
my estate in equal shares to my children, per stirpes.>>
Anatomy: Boundary characters surround the core block. The word “Options” surrounded
by asterisks constitutes the 'call to action.' The '!group! name is typed immediately
after the call to action between '!' (exclamation marks). A third asterisk closes out
the 'administrative section' of the block. The actual options text, each separated from the
other with a forward slash, can range from a single character to multiple paragraphs.
With !Group! and Questions/Prompts:
<<*Options*!Children!No children/One child/Two or more children*I have no
children./I have one minor child./I have [num cdn] minor children.>>
<<*Options*!Children!*I give the remainder of my estate to the following
persons./I give the remainder of my estate to my child./I give the remainder of
my estate in equal shares to my children, per stirpes.>>
Anatomy: Boundary characters surround the core block. The word “Options” surrounded
by asterisks constitutes the 'call to action.' The '!group! name is typed immediately
after the call to action between '!' (exclamation marks) followed immediately by
the prompts or questions that you want to be shown to the end user during document
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