A complete example: a quote
Quantity: %filltext:name=qty:default=1%
Unit price: $%filltext:name=price:default=25%
Subtotal: $%calc:{qty}*{price}:2%
Tax (8%%): $%calc:{qty}*{price}*0.08:2%
Total: $%calc:{qty}*{price}*1.08:2%
%if:{qty}>=10%A 10%% volume discount will be applied.%endif%
With 12 at $25, this types:
Quantity: 12
Unit price: $25
Subtotal: $300.00
Tax (8%): $24.00
Total: $324.00
A 10% volume discount will be applied.
Note the %% for a real percent sign.
Calculations: %calc
Write %calc:sum%, or %calc:sum:decimals% to fix the number of decimal places. Use {name} for the value of a fill-in called name. In the editor: Insert ▸ Calculation.
Symbol
Meaning
Example
Result
+
add
%calc:2+3%
5
-
subtract (or a negative number)
%calc:10-4%
6
* or ×
multiply
%calc:6*7%
42
/ or ÷
divide
%calc:10/4%
2.5
^
power
%calc:2^10%
1024
( )
do this part first
%calc:(2+3)*4%
20
Normal math order applies: ^ first, then * /, then + -. 2^3^2 is worked out right to left.
Decimals: without a number, whole results have no decimals and others show up to two (10/3 → 3.33, 10/4 → 2.5). With :2 you always get exactly two (5:2 → 5.00). From 0 to 10 decimals are allowed.
Typed values may include commas and a dollar sign: “$1,250” counts as 1250. A field that isn’t a number counts as 0.
If the sum can’t be worked out (a typo, or dividing by zero), nothing is typed for it.
Conditions: %if, %else, %endif
Include text only when a condition is true. %else% is optional. In the editor: Insert ▸ Condition.
%if:{condition}%text when true%else%text when false%endif%
Condition
True when
{company}
The field has a value (anything except empty, no, 0, false, or off).
{tone}=formal
The field equals “formal”. Text comparisons ignore capitals and accents.
{tone}!=formal
The field is anything but “formal”.
{qty}>5, {qty}<5
Greater than / less than.
{qty}>=5, {qty}<=5
At least / at most.
If both sides are numbers they’re compared as numbers; otherwise as text. An optional section (%fillpart) counts as yes when checked and no when not. {clipboard} works too.
Examples
%fillpopup:name=Greeting:Formal:Casual%
%if:{Greeting}=Formal%Dear %filltext:name=Name%,%else%Hi %filltext:name=Name%!%endif%
%filltext:name=Company%
Kind regards,
John%if:{Company}%
on behalf of {Company}%endif%
Careful: {name} is replaced only inside %calc, %if conditions and %ai. In ordinary text, use the fill-in code again. The second example therefore types the literal “{Company}”; write it as:
Kind regards,
John%if:{Company}%
on behalf of %filltext:name=Company%%endif%
Because both fields are called Company, you’re asked only once. You can put an %if inside another %if.
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