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Shannon
 
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There should be a blank in the form field window for Display Text. Whatever
is typed there should show up in the form field as default text.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Help text shows up on the Status Bar, not on the form.

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"Sherri" wrote in message
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I've created a form in word to use as a template. I typed in help text

for
my form field on the status bar tab under type your own. It does not show

up
on the form. Why?