Specifying the text style of a form element

You can alter the appearance of the text of a form element, such as changing the font or underlining the text. The appearance of the text on form elements is inherited by default.

To specify the text style of a form element:

1. Do one of the following:

   • In the Project Explorer, double-click the graphic of the form element object.

   • In the Project Explorer, right-click the graphic of the form element object and select Properties.

   • In the Project Explorer, select the form element object and press Enter.

   • In the work area, double-click the form element object.

   • In the work area, right-click the form element object and select Properties.

   • In the work area, select the form element object and press Enter.

   The Properties ribbon is displayed.

2. To specify the text style of the form element, disable the Inherit check box and use the controls in the Text Style group as follows:

   Text Style	Click this to select a text style to format the form element. The current text styles are listed. To create a new text style, select Manage Styles and use the controls in the Text Styles window to configure a new style. For details about adding and managing text styles, see Managing text styles.
   	Click this to select the font for the text of the form element. You can have custom fonts enabled within your organization. This allows you to ensure that the fonts you use within project will properly display in your users' browsers regardless of whether they have the font locally installed. For details, see .Enabling custom fonts.
   	Click this to select the font size for the text of the form element.
   Text	Click this to select the color for the text of the form element. Select a predefined color, or select Custom to select a custom color from the Color window. The custom color you select is saved to the Recent Colors list. See also: Selecting custom colors Matching colors used within project
   	Click this to bold the text of the form element.
   	Click this to italicize the text of the form element.
   	Click this to underline the text of the form element.

The text style of the form element is changed.

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