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Masked control background properties
Use the Background tab in the UNICOM Intelligence Masked Control Properties dialog to specify the background color and background text.
Changing background properties of masked controls
1 Right‑click the masked control whose properties you want to change, and then click Properties.
The UNICOM Intelligence Masked Control Properties dialog opens.
2 Click the Background tab, and then set the following properties.
Background Color
Specifies a background color for the object. You can specify any color, including shades of gray. To remove a background color, select the paper color (usually white).
Background Text
Specifies background text for display in the character spaces. This can help respondents understand what they should write.
Color
Color for the background text. To hide text characters, select No Text.
Font
The font of the background text.
Text
The background text. Each character space in the control can contain only one text character. UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper puts each character in the next available character space starting from the left.
For example, if you have a control of five characters and enter six text characters in the Text box, UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper displays only the first five characters.
See also
Changing background properties of masked controls
UNICOM Intelligence Masked Control Properties dialog
Masked control character properties
Masked control line properties
Masked control value properties
Masked control numeric properties
Selecting colors