Formatting a Text Area control

The Text Area control displays as a text field that provides space for multiple rows of text in Web or on a mobile device.

For steps to navigate to where you can select the following options, see Creating a transaction-enabled document.

You can require that users specify a value using the input object control before submitting their changes. Do one of the following:
- To require users to specify a value for the control before submitting their changes, select the User must enter a value check box.
- To allow users to submit their changes without specifying a value, clear the User must enter a value check box.
You can choose to replace the control with an image and display the control only when the user clicks the image. Select the Show icon when collapsed check box. This option is only available when the Show by default check box is cleared.
To display a preview of the text in the Text Area control, select the Preview check box, then type the number of characters to display in the field. This option is only available when the Show icon when collapsed check box is selected.
To specify a width for the control, type the width in inches in the Width field.
To specify the maximum number of characters that can be typed into the text field, type the number of characters in the Maximum Length field.