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Overview of text

Text objects present read-only text that users cannot edit. You can use text objects to do these tasks:

•	Label an area in the form

•	Provide instructions for filling out the form

•	Include a header and footer

After you add a text object to the form design, you can define these properties:

•	Define the text as visible, invisible, or hidden. See To specify a locale (language and country or region) for an object.

•	Specify a locale for the text. See To specify a locale (language and country or region) for an object.

•	Type and style the text.

•	Allow page breaks within the content of the field.

•	Keep a text object with the next object in the document when a page break is introduced.

•	Apply font properties to all of the text or selected portions of the text.

In addition, you can insert placeholders, such as floating text fields, and the values of run-time properties, such as page count, current page, and current date/time, into text objects.

The text object has the Make Fixed-Sized Text Objects Auto-fit While Editing option (Tools > Options > Workspace) selected by default. Therefore, the object automatically resizes at design time to accommodate the text you enter and the property settings you change, such as margins, borders, and font type and size.

See also 

Layout properties in the Layout palette

Border properties in the Border palette

Font properties in the Font palette

Paragraph properties in the Paragraph palette

Text properties in the Draw tab

Overview of text