Insert a text box
You can create a text box in your form that users can enter data into. Text boxes are bound to fields.
Insert a text box (automatically create the data source)
You can have Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 automatically create the data source when you insert text boxes (as well as other controls). If you do this, InfoPath will create a field in the data source that is bound to the text box.
- In design mode, place the insertion point where you want to insert the text box.
- If the Controls task pane is not visible, click More Controls on the Insert menu.
- In the Controls task pane, make sure the Automatically create data source check box is selected.
Note If the check box cannot be selected, the form's design does not allow the data source to be automatically created. You must insert a text box that is bound to an existing field or to a field that you create.
- Click Text Box.
Insert a text box (bind to an existing field)
- In design mode, place the insertion point where you want to insert the text box.
Note If you are binding the text box to a repeating field, the text box must be inside a repeating table or repeating section.
- If the Data Source task pane is not visible, click Data Source on the View menu.
- In the Data Source task pane, right-click the field you want the text box to be bound to, and then click Text Box.
Note If you do not see Text Box as a choice on the shortcut menu, make sure that the field does not have a picture or rich text data type.
- The binding is correct.
- The control may not function as expected because of a potential binding problem. To identify the potential problem, right-click the control, and then click More Details on the shortcut menu.
- The control will not function correctly because of a binding problem. To identify the problem, right-click the control, and then click More Details on the shortcut menu.