Additional Information Field

Many of the forms in E-Com have an Òadditional informationÓ field as the final page of the form. This is for use when you run out of room in a text field on that form. Text fields may appear to expand while you are typing, but if you overfill a field, text that is past the fieldÕs bottom margin will not print.

In the image to the left, the cursor is inside the text box, and you can see all of the text. However, the text box is overfilled. It overlaps the question directly below it.

 

When the cursor is no longer inside the text box, you can see how the page will appear when printed. Only the first three lines of the second paragraph will print.

 

If you notice that you are close to the end of a field, or if you have gotten out of a text field and notice that not all of your text is visible, as shown above, you can use the ÒAdditional InformationÓ field for the overflow.

 

Simply click on the ÒEnter MoreÓ button in the Form Navigation Bar and you will be brought automatically to the large ÒAdditional InformationÓ field at the bottom of the form. Here you may continue adding text; you may also cut and paste text from the field that has been overfilled.

This preserves the pagination of the form itself while allowing additional information to be added. Once text has been entered in this field, it will print out at the end of the other form pages. The studentÕs name is automatically added, so the additional page(s) are always identifiable.

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