Identification character styles identify mark fields and character fields but do not affect the way they appear in the printed questionnaire.

Generally, you identify a mark field that consists of a symbol like a box or circle by applying the mr Category Answer identification character style to the symbol in the Look. However, sometimes you might want to use different symbols for multiple response questions and single response questions. For example, you might want to use circles in single response questions and squares in multiple response questions. If you are using UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper/Scan Add-on, you do this by creating separate Looks for single response and multiple response questions. However, if you are not using UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper/Scan Add-on, you can insert both symbols into one Look and apply the mr Is Single character style to the circle and the mr Is Multiple character style to the square. These are conditional display character styles that can act as identification character styles. If you are using UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper/Scan Add-on, mark fields must also be identified by a placeholder in the mr Category Scanning ID character style immediately to the right of the mark fields. Identification character styles are not necessary in Looks for questions in which respondents circle the category names or short names.

If you create character fields using masked controls, with the exception of character fields for Other Specify categories, you do not need to add any additional identifying information for either UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper or Paper - Scan Add‑on because the identifying information is contained within the control. When you use UNICOM Intelligence masked controls for Other Specify category character fields, you need to apply the mr Category Other Specify Object identification character style. If you are using UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper/Scan Add-on, you must create all character fields using masked controls. However, if you are not using UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper/Scan Add-on, you can use the formatting features of Word to create character fields in a Look. You then apply the appropriate identification character style to the character field.