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Editing Objects - Text Objects

To add a new text element to the Form, click the [Text] button and then draw the object where you want the text to appear.

When you release the mouse button, the following dialogue box will appear:

Text
The text that is to be printed on the Form. This can be up to 80 characters long, but it is limited to one line. To create a text area with more than one line, use the appropriate number of separate one-line text objects.

Left, Top, Right, Bottom
Use these fields to specify the size and position of the text box that is to contain the text. When you create a new text box, the measurements of the box that you have just drawn will appear here.

Style    Paste Special    Style register, System module
Use this field to assign a font and font style to the text. If you do not enter a Style here, the first record in the Style register will be used.

Justification
Use these options to specify where the text will appear inside the text box.

Exclude from page
Please refer to the 'Single- and Multi-Page Forms' page for details about these options.
Click [OK] to close. The text field is visible on the screen, and you can move it around the Form with the mouse.

To edit a text object once it has been created, double-click it to open the 'Text' dialogue box.