Changing Font in Field

You will have to use the 'richText' field property, but you will need to create the text in another application and then cut and paste it into the form field, or write some custom JavaScript to create the spanned object of the different text formats.

gkaiseril,

Thank you for responding so quickly.

If I would like to use a formatting script how would I go about creating the syntax for this situation?

Will a formatting script work if you are using a script in the Custom Calculation Tab to combine text into a new string?

Thank you for your help!
Brad

This is starting to drive me around the bend. So I have created a span which you can see below. It doesn't work any suggestion on what I did wrong. The value it return is Object.

Where should I place this script (format tab, Calculation tab, or Document level)?

Thank you for any input.


var spans = new Array();

spans[0] = new Object();
spans[0].alignment ="center";
spans[0].text = [this.getField('EnglishName').value];
spans[0].fontStyle = "italic";
spans[0].textColor = color.red;

spans[1] = new Object();
spans[1].alignment = "center";
spans[1].text = [this.getField('EnglishAcc').value];
spans[1].fontStyle = "italic";
spans[1].textColor = color.red;

var f = this.getField("Text4");
f.value = spans;

Once a text field is setup for Rich Text you can use the Properties Bar to change the font, color, size, etc. of any piece of selected text. Use the "View > Toolbars > Properties..." menu item.Thom Parker
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