Adding and editing data and label elements

You can add elements to, and change elements on, a form using the tool palette shown below:

note : Layout selection

The Layout list only appears for check forms.

To add a data field to a form

1	Click the add data () button. The Select from List window appears. This window lists all the data fields available for the form you selected.

The column on the right indicates the field type (Data, Column) and where it appears on a form. For example, the Total field only appears on the last page (as shown).

For more information about the data fields that are available in each form type, see Form fields.

2	Select the fields you require by clicking in the select column next to them.

3	Click OK. The selected data fields appear on the form.

4	Edit the properties of the field as required—see Editing all elements with common commands.

 

To change the appearance of a data field

1	If you want to change the properties of a data field, double-click it. The Field Properties window appears.

The Field Properties window has two tabs: the Layout tab where you specify the text, format, background colour, location, and size of the field, and the Borders tab where you specify the layout, colour, and width of the field’s borders.

2	Change the properties as required and click OK.

To add a text field to a form

1	Click the add text button () and then click on the form where you want to place the text field. A new text label named Text Field appears.

2	Double-click the field. The Field Properties window displays the Layout tab where you specify the text content, location and size, text format, and background colour of the field, and the Borders tab where you specify the layout, colour, and width of the field’s borders.

3	Click OK to save the settings and close the Field Properties window.

If the text is longer than the size of the field, you may need to resize it—see Editing all elements with common commands.

To change the text in a text field

1	Double-click the text label. The Field Properties window appears.

2	Change the content in the Text field on the Layout tab as required.

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Click OK.

To change the font in a data field or text field

1	Double-click the data field or text label to be changed. The Field Properties window appears.

2	Click Text Format on the Layout tab. The Text Format window appears.

3	Make your choices in the Font, Font Style, Size, Justify, and Effects fields in this window.

4	If you want to change the font colour:

a	Click Font colour. The Font colour window appears.

b	Select the new colour and click OK. The Text Format window reappears.

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Click OK.

Related topics

■	Customizing forms

■	Adding and editing graphic elements

■	Editing all elements with common commands