Step 1:  Open the Lawgic program.  From the Select Title/File dialog box, select your title from the list box and click Templates.  

Step 2:  This action displays the Open Template dialog box with a list of previously saved templates. Select a template and click OK.  

The new answer file is automatically given all information contained in the template, such as answers, notes, etc. (Note: You may notice that the name of the template file that you selected is not displayed at the top left corner of the screen.  Rather, the name 'New File' is displayed.  This is to remind you to save your file.)

Step 3:  Select Save or Save As from the File menu to name your new answer file. Enter a description in the Description box. (When subsequently selecting a file to open at the Select Title/File screen, click the Description button and you or your colleagues can read this description to determine whether this is the right file to open.)

When you begin answering questions the program will only present questions that are not pre-answered as part of your template.  This saves a tremendous amount of time and ensures consistency in your documents.

 Note:

You can view the template answers by selecting Expand All from the Answer menu to expand the Navigator and then select Show Answers from the Answer menu.  This opens a middle column which displays the answers. To print template answers select Send from the File menu and then Navigator/Outline.  Select with Short Answers (or Long Answers).  A document named 'Outline.doc' is created and opened in your word processor where you can print it.

Step 1:  Select New from the Select Title/File dialog box (or Files to open a previously saved answer file.)

Step 2:  From within the answer file, select Load Template on the Answers menu.  At the Select Title to Load a Template dialog box, select the Title whose template you would like to use (the default is your current Title) and click OK.  

Step 3:  At the Load Template dialog box, select the template you would like to load and click OK.

Step 4:  Select Save or Save As from the File menu to name your new answer file (or save your current one). If this is a new file, enter a description in the Description box. (When subsequently selecting a file to open at the Select Title/File screen, click the Description button and you or your colleagues can read this description to determine whether this is the right file to open.)

Step 1:  Select New from the Select Title/File dialog box (or Files to open a previously saved answer file.)

Step 2:  From within the answer file, select Load Template on the Answers menu.  At the Select Title to Load a Template dialog box, select the Title whose template you would like to use (the default is your current Title) and click OK.  

Step 3:  At the Load Template dialog, de-select Load ALL answers/notes. This will open the Open which Answers/Notes dialog, which displays the following list:

 Flagged answers

 Flagged notes

 Unflagged answers

 Unflagged notes

"Flagged" and "Unflagged" refer to any questions that you have flagged (or not flagged) in the current session (and not in the previous session when the template was created). For example, if questions 11 and 15 are currently flagged on screen, selecting "Flagged Answers" from the above list will cause only the answers to 11 and 15 to be loaded from the targeted template.

Step 4:  Select Save or Save As from the File menu to name your new answer file (or save your current one). If this is a new file, enter a description in the Description box. (When subsequently selecting a file to open at the Select Title/File screen, click the Description button and you or your colleagues can read this description to determine whether this is the right file to open.)