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RodCabanban
Qrew Trainee
9 years ago

Need help with ""default"" text in Multi-Line text box when a Record is Added

I wanted to see if anyone can help me out with placing "default" text into a multi-line text field when a record is added/created. I can place 1 liner text, but I am needing the text in this format: ...
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QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
9 years ago
Not tested but try this

Make a formula text field called [Default text] with the formula.

List("\n",
"Line 1",
"Line 2",
"Line 3")

Then use the road which says
when my text field is blank
change my text field to the value in the field [Default text]
  • RyanFarrington's avatar
    RyanFarrington
    Qrew Member
    6 years ago
    I needed to do exactly this and am happy to report the List() function method did work.

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