Expanding a text box

Sunshine_and_Roses

I am trying to complete an application form, and need to put 2500 words of free text. The dialogue box only lets me see about 10 words at a time then continues to scroll.

How do I expand the box to see what I am typing, and be able to bullet point and paragraph?

elsien

Do it in a word document then copy and last across?

victor2

elsien wrote: »

Do it in a word document then copy and last across?

But don't let your spill chucker loose on it.

stragglebod

Is this an online form? An interactive pdf? A Word document?


The answer will depend on what it is you're using.


If it's in a browser, is there a little triangle or similar in the bottom right corner? Click that and drag out to resize the box.

googler

Type it up in a text document, then copy/paste into the box

Sunshine_and_Roses

Its an online form, cannot see anything to expand

Neil_Jones

Are you using Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 by any chance?

The resize handle bottom right of text boxes is not supported by Edge (or Internet Explorer come to that), but is by pretty much any other browser.

As to bullet points, that may not even be an option, a lot depends on how the form is set up.

FannyFielding

Use Notepad or pure text editor to compose your message. If you cut and paste from a Word document it can add all sorts of strange characters in my experience.

victor2

clareski wrote: »

I am trying to complete an application form, and need to put 2500 words of free text. The dialogue box only lets me see about 10 words at a time then continues to scroll.

How do I expand the box to see what I am typing, and be able to bullet point and paragraph?

Many online forms (should) strip out a lot of formatting codes, as they can lead to code injection attacks. So there will be little beyond plain text that you should attempt, even using tabs will not guarantee to keep the positioning you see when typing it up. Why are you trying to put so much information into a small text box anyway? Isn't that way more than is expected? Can't you attach or email a seperate document to the application?

agrinnall

victor2 wrote: »

Why are you trying to put so much information into a small text box anyway? Isn't that way more than is expected?

Apparently not.

clareski wrote: »

I am trying to complete an application form, and need to put 2500 words of free text.

Although I have to say 2,500 words is a hell of a lot of text, I wonder if the limit is actually 2,500 characters.

capital0ne

elsien wrote: »

Do it in a word document then copy and last across?

Don't use word, use Notepad - Word will fill your text with hidden formatting that may not paste properly into a web text entry box