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Add a text area to a form

1. In Page view, at the bottom of the document window, click Design .

2. Do one or both of the following:

   Add a text area

   1. Click in the form where you want to place the text area.

      If you are inserting a form field but have not already created a form, Microsoft FrontPage automatically creates a form area and inserts the field inside that form area. The form area appears as a dashed line when you are editing the page.

   2. On the Insert menu, point to Form, and then click Text Area.
   3. Type the label for the text area directly on the form.

   Set the properties of a text area

   1. Double-click the text area.
   2. In the Name box, type a name to identify the text area.

      For your form to work correctly, you need to use a unique name for this form field.

   3. If you want text to appear in the text area when a site visitor first opens the form, type the text in the Initial value box.
   4. In the Width in characters box, type a number indicating how many characters wide you want the text area to be.
   5. In the Number of lines box, type a number indicating how many lines of text high you want the text area to be.
   6. Click the Style button to access other options for formatting your form using cascading style sheets as an inline style.