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How-to: Expand Free-text Fields for Viewing/Typing Purposes

Issue:

For a free-text field box (specially for comments), is there a way to enlarge the box such that a user can read and type large comments?

Solution:

Yes, this is possible and there are a few different options to achieve this fix:

  • Users can click to autosize column in the column header and this will allow the user to view the entire contents of the cell/column (autosizing columns also works in the transpose view)

  • Users can simply drag the column to expand/contract

  • Users can enable "Rich Text" under "Field Details" --> "Parameters" for the column as this allows users to view/edit the free-text in paragraph format (simply double-click in the cell and it will open the Rich-Text editor window in the worksheet)