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====== Interactivity > Documentation > Nested Page > New Text Box ======

This Documentation page feature, at the Nested Page level, adds a __one-line__ text entry box into which the learner can type a response.

(In contrast, **New Text Area** adds a __multiple-line__ text entry box, which can be expanded by the learner).

===== Example demo =====

There are 3 examples of **Text Boxes** on Nested Page 1 of this demo.   If you complete all the Nested Pages, you can then download the content as a Word document to assess how it displays.

{{url>https://xot.xerte.org.uk/play_328}}

==== Core properties ====

^ Property ^ Description ^ Type ^ Additional information ^
| Text Box Title | Adds a title in bold, just __above any text you add__ (see row below) before the Text Box | Text |   |
| Text | Text you can add for display just __above the Text Box__ | Text+ (Toolbar) | Use this to give the context or instructions for the task.  Other content (e.g. images, audio, video) can be embedded here. |

==== Optional Properties ====

^ Property ^ Description ^ Type ^ Additional information ^
| Exclude From | Allows you to hide this task (Title, Text, Check Box) either so that it does not appear to the learner at all, or so that it appears to the learner in the Learning Object, but not in the download. The second option is the defaul textt {Learning Object/**Documentation**}  | Drop-down  |   |
| Placeholder Text | Enables you to place some text into the Text Box, which the learner then edits. | Text |   |
| Required Field | This tick box prevents the learner from moving to the next form field or to download, unless they have entered text in all editable cells. | Tick box |   |
| Width | Sets the width of the Text Box {Small/**Medium**/Large/Full}  | Drop-down  | **'Full' option new in 3.13**  |

==== Language Option ====

^ Property ^ Description ^ Type ^ Additional information ^
| Not Answered Text | The text that is displayed in the Word document download if a learner leaves a Text Box empty.  | Text  | Default - "Not answered"  |

===== Further information =====

By using the **Placeholder Text** optional property, you can create a task similar to the **Modify Exercise** page type in **Interactivity**, for example for an error correction task.  There is no built-in feedback, but this could be provided in another way, for example in an answer key on the next Nested Page.