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Text Fields 
Add a Text
Field:
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Position the cursor where you want the Text Field to be.
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Click the Text button on the form palette
to see the Text Field window.
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Type a Form Tag to give this field a name. The Form Tag is required
and must be unique in the form.
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You can provide Initial Text to be displayed within the text field
by default and to be submitted with the form data if the user does not change
it.
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Select the Field Type, either Text or Password.
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If Text is selected, the text that the user types appears in the
field.
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If Password is selected, an asterisk (*) appears instead for each
letter.
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You can provide a Display Size to control the length of the text field
shown in the form.
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You can also provide a Max Input value to set the maximum number of
characters users are allowed to type in this field.
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Click OK, and the text field appears where the cursor was positioned.
If you want to input more than one line of text you should be looking at
a Text Area rather than a Text Field.
Every element in a form must have a "Form Tag" to name the field or
button. This name identifies the fields that contained each value when the
results are sent to the form handler. When a form is submitted, then the
information sent to the form handler for a text field will contain "<Form
Tag>=<Contents of the Text Field>".