Properties

Allows setting various properties on the content control which is under the current cursor.

General Properties

Content is placeholder text

The current content is considered to be placeholder text and will be pre-selected when clicking into the content control, to help replacing the placeholder with actual content.

Title

Insert a title for the control. The title is displayed above the control when the cursor is in the control. Click on the title to open the control properties dialogue box.

Tag

Tags serve a similar purpose. A tag is a machine-readable key or identifier unique within the document. Once the form is filled in, an external program can extract the information from the document, by searching for the tags contents.

Check Box Properties

Checked character

Character used when the check box is checked. Click the Select button to open the Special Character dialogue box.

Unchecked character

Character used when the check box is unchecked. Click the Select button to open the Special Character dialogue box.

Combo Box and Drop-down List Item Properties

Display Name

A human-friendly name, describing the list item.

Value

A machine-friendly name, describing the list item.

Add, Modify and Remove

Respectively, adds, modifies and removes items in the list.

Move Up and Move Down

Respectively moves items up and down in the list, to reorder the list display.

Date Format

Select the date format to display in the date content control.