Text Box

The following is an example of a basic text box:

If the text box is a large field, the text box may be configured to enable scrolling. In this situation, an Expanded Edit icon, pencil, will appear adjacent to it.

Additional capabilities are provided to display and edit data in these text boxes:

Note:
Special characters are converted to equivalent standard characters when entered in a text box:
Entered Character Description Unicode Converted Character Description
Curly left double quote. U+201D Straight double quote.
Curly right double quote. U+201C Straight double quote.
Curly left single quote. U+2019 Straight single quote.
Curly right single quote. U+2018 Straight single quote.
En dash. U+2013 Simple hyphen.
Em dash. U+2014 Simple hyphen.
Ellipse U+2026 Three dots.
Middle dot (bullet / centered dot) U+00B7 Asterisk.
Fraction 1/4 (using 1 character). U+00BC 1/4 (using three separate characters).
Fraction 1/2 (using 1 character). U+00BD 1/2 (using three separate characters).
Fraction 3/4 (using 1 character). U+00BE 3/4 (using three separate characters).