Working with text fields

When adding or editing items, you can change the appearance of text, insert links, images, horizontal lines, and tables, and check spelling in multi-line text fields. You can also insert stamps in these fields to mark changes or comments and print contents of a field.

Note:  Text field formatting is not available for test case and test run steps.

1. Click in the text field to format.

The formatting toolbar is displayed. You can change the local options to always show the toolbar in text fields. See Setting formatting options.

2. Click a button on the toolbar to apply any formatting or insert content.

Note:  You can paste content from external sources, such as Microsoft Word documents and web sites, but some formatting may be changed or removed.

Button Use to:
Set the font and font size. The default font size is set by the operating system, but you can change it in the local options. See Setting formatting options.
Apply bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough styles to text.
Set the font color and background color.
Align content in the field.
Add bulleted and numbered lists.
Increase or decrease the indent.
Insert horizontal rules.
Clear all text formatting.
Insert and edit images, screen captures, tables, and hyperlinks. See Inserting images in text fields, Capturing screens, Inserting tables in text fields, and Inserting hyperlinks in text fields.
Insert stamps. See Inserting stamps in text fields.
Print the field contents.
Check spelling.
Open the editor in a new window. This may be helpful if you want more space to view or edit a field with a lot of content.

Tip:  Some formatting buttons are moved to an overflow menu on the toolbar when the Add or Edit dialog box is resized. Click the More Options menu to view additional options. You can also access these options in the Format menu.