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Editable span showed as input field in PDF

For templates created before the 2018/01, when using the editable span option, the field is shown as an input field in the PDF documents. Follow the instruction below to solve the issue.

Problem

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Solution

In the top right corner of the Template Builder, switch to Advanced View

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In the Home screen, click on Main Flow

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Select the Main tab

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Scroll to "Document Edit - End" step, click Edit Step

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Click on the composeContent command

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In the right pane, type false to the editable attribute

Click Main in the top bar to go back

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In the top right corner, switch back to Basic View

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Now, the editable span in PDF document should carry the same style as the template.

In case you don't want the document to be editable anymore, disable the Enable Editing in your span element.