That's a different animal. You're referring to the "Default text" rather
than "Add Help Text..."?

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"Shannon" wrote in message
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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?