Supported Content Controls
Supported Content Controls
This article contains information on what content controls are supported/not supported as well as behavior to expect when using these content controls.
Plain Text Content Control:
- Output to DOCX:
- The content control can undergo plain text editing in the output document
- Adding text to the content control will advance text after the content control in the document.
- Added text to the content control will spill over to a new line and will advance posterior lines in the document.
- Output to PDF:
- The content control can undergo plain text editing in the output document
- Adding text to the content control will not advance text after the content control in the document.
- Added text to the content control will not spill over to a new line and will not advance posterior lines in the document. When the added text reaches the end of the line, additional text will not be visible in the document.
- Output to HTML:
- Content controls can't be edited in output document.
- In output document, content controls are output with the content they contained in the template.
- Output to Printer:
- In output document, content controls are output with the content they contained in the template.
Rich Text Content Control:
- Output to DOCX:
- The content control can undergo rich text editing in the output document
- Adding text to the content control will advance text after the content control in the document.
- Added text to the content control will spill over to a new line and will advance posterior lines in the document.
- Output to PDF:
- This content control is not supported in PDF output. In PDF output the default text will be used and not be editable.
- Output to HTML:
- This content control is not supported in HTML output. In PDF output the default text will be used and not be editable.
- Output to Printer:
- In output document, content controls are output with the content they contained in the template.
Picture Content Control:
- Output to DOCX:
- Content control can be edited in output document.
- Image can be changed to a different image on the machine.
- The image will be constricted to the X dimension when changed and maintain aspect ratio.
- Resizing the content control will advance text appearing after the image
- Resizing the content control will advance document content on posterior lines to the content control.
- Output to PDF:
- Content control is not output. Image in content control in template is output.
- Output to HTML:
- Content control is not output. Image in content control in template is output.
- Output to Printer:
- Content control is not output. Image in content control in template is output.
Check Box Content Control:
- Output to DOCX:
- Check Boxes are output with the checked/unchecked setting they have assigned in the template.
- Check boxes can be clicked to switch checked/unchecked in output.
- Output to PDF:
- Check Boxes are output with the checked/unchecked setting they have assigned in the template.
- Check boxes can be clicked to switch checked/unchecked in output.
- Output to HTML:
- Check Boxes are output with the checked/unchecked setting they have assigned in the template.
- Check boxes can be clicked to switch checked/unchecked in output.
- Output to Printer:
- Check Boxes are output with the checked/unchecked setting they have assigned in the template
Combo Box Content Control:
- Output to DOCX:
- This content control is not supported in DOCX output.
- Output to PDF:
- This content control is not supported in PDF output.
- Output to HTML:
- This content control is not supported in HTML output.
- Output to Printer:
- This content control is not supported in Printer output.
Drop-Down List Content Control:
- Output to DOCX:
- This content control is supported only for text that does not extend to multiple lines
- Output to PDF:
- This content control is supported only for text that does not extend to multiple lines
- Output to HTML:
- This content control is not supported in HTML output.
- Output to Printer:
- This content control is not supported in Printer output.
Date Picker Content Control
- Output to DOCX:
- This content control is supported for DOCX output. The date can be changed using the Date Picker in the output document.
- Output to PDF:
- This content control is not supported in PDF output.
- Output to HTML:
- This content control is not supported in HTML output.
- Output to Printer:
- This content control is not supported in Printer output.
Unsupported Content Controls
Windward does not support the following content controls:
- Building Block Gallery Content Control
- Repeating Section Content Control
ActiveX Controls
Windward does not support any ActiveX Controls to any output types.
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