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29      <topic id="textswriterguidefields_enterxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
30         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Adding Input Fields</title>
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35<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155916"><bookmark_value>text; input fields</bookmark_value>
36      <bookmark_value>fields; input fields in text</bookmark_value>
37      <bookmark_value>input fields in text</bookmark_value>
38      <bookmark_value>inserting;input fields</bookmark_value>
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40<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155916" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="fields_enter"><link href="text/swriter/guide/fields_enter.xhp" name="Adding Input Fields">Adding Input Fields</link>
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42      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153409" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="2">An input field is a variable that you can click in a document to open a dialog where you can edit the variable.</paragraph>
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45            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145776" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="3">Choose <item type="menuitem">Insert - Fields - Other</item>
46               <emph/>and click the <item type="menuitem">Functions</item> tab.</paragraph>
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49            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155620" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="5">Click “Input field”<emph/>in the <item type="menuitem">Type</item> list.</paragraph>
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52            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154257" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="6">Click <item type="menuitem">Insert</item>
53               <emph/>and type the text for the variable.</paragraph>
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56            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155888" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="7">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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59      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150708" role="tip" l10n="U" oldref="4">To quickly open all input fields in a document for editing, press Ctrl+Shift+F9.</paragraph>
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