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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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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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?