Text field properties

List of the various text variable field properties that can be used when editing a variable data document design

Table 1. Text field properties
Variable type	Available properties	Control	Function
Text Field/Custom Text/Data Objects	Variable	Fields that do not contain data will be collapsed when stacked in a single text box.	Display the variables included in a text box
	File Name	Drag and drop	Display the FreeForm Plus document file name.
	Page Number	Drag and drop	Display the record page number.
	Date	Format MM/DD/YYYY M/D/YY DD-MMM-YY MM-DD-YYYY YYYY-MM-DD MMMM DD, YYYY DD MMMM, YYYY dddd, MMMM DD, YYYY dddd, DD MMMM YYYY L LL	Display the date at print time. Select the format used to display the date.
	Time	Format hh:mm A hh:mm:ss A hh:mm hh:mm:ss LT LTS	Display the time when printed. Select the format used to display the time.
	Record ID	Drag and drop	Display the FreeForm Plus record number.
	Numbering Sequence	Start	Generate a number sequence on each record with the specified starting number and step increment. Note: A negative step increment will cause the numbering sequence to count in descending order from the starting number. Specify a minimum number of digits for the numbers in the numbering sequence. Numbers with fewer digits than specified will be padded with additional preceding zeroes to meet the specified minimum length.
		Step
		Numeric length
		Prefix	Specify a prefix string of text to precede the numbering sequence.
		Suffix	Specify a suffix string of text to follow the numbering sequence.
	Text	Apply style menu	Choose from Local or Global styles created with Style manager.
	Font	Font menu	Choose from fonts available on your system.
		Font weight menu	Change the weight of the font used in the selected text box.
		Font size text box	Select the font size in points.
		Fonts used in Master menu	Select to review the fonts used in the master file.
	Edit rich text	Edit rich text button	Click to open the rich text editor window.
	Line height	Line height text box	Increase or decrease to adjust the space between lines of text.
	Angle	Angle text box	Set the angle of the variable text field box in degrees.
	Text decoration	Underline button	Select to apply underline text style.
	Text transform	Upper case button	Convert text to upper case.
		Lower case button	Convert text to lower case.
		Title case button	Convert text to title case.
	Appearance	Text color box	Select the text color using either the Color picker or Spot color tabs. Note: Color can be selected by CMYK, HSL, Hex, RGB, using the color palette tool, or by adding a custom spot color. Import custom spot colors in Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase) format by clicking the import icon in the Spot Color tab of the color selection window. Save colors as Preset colors by choosing a color and clicking Add color.
	Background color	Background color toggle button Color box Padding number box	Click the Background color toggle button to turn on background fill color behind the highlighted text element. Click on the Color box to change the background color in a text field box. Note: Color can be selected by CMYK, HSL, Hex, RGB, using the color palette tool, or by adding a custom spot color. Import custom spot colors in Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase) format by clicking the import icon in the Spot Color tab of the color selection window. Save colors as Preset colors by choosing a color and clicking Add color. Specify padding to increase the size of the background color area behind the selected text element.