Change font colour in Text Field

[Former Community Member]

If I have typed 'The Cat Sat On The Mat' into a text field yet I want 'The Cat' to appear in bold  and the rest as normal, how can I do this or even in a different colour?

Any help would be appreciated

[yvindevogel]

The only way to do this, is a text field that you change from plain text to rich text. 

Then you can enter what you want, press ctrl+b to make something bold.

If you want to see the content of your box, use TextField.value.exData.saveXML() ...

[Former Community Member]

That will apply bold to the whole sentence rather than just specific words

[yvindevogel]

No, it will not.

Type in your sentence then double click on Cat for example to select one word and press ctrl+b.

Then have a look at the XML and you will see how you can do it.

[Former Community Member]

When you ctrl+b The Cat it makes the whole sentence bold

[yvindevogel]

You should do this in preview or Acrobat, not in design mode.

Plus, don't forget to update the field from "plain text" to "rich text".

[Former Community Member]

This is a prepopulated form that I would like to be able to use bold on certain words and not others prior to the users opening.

I will have to find a different solution for this.

Thank you for your help.