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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 dialog.
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 checkbox is checked. Click the Select button to open the Special Character dialog.
Unchecked character
Character used when the checkbox is unchecked. Click the Select button to open the Special Character dialog.
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.