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# Add a text element

> Place a Text element on a form using the Text tool on the Form Elements toolbar, and then reshape the text area with the mouse and the Alt key.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Select the Text tool">
    On the [Form Elements](/flexi-capture/form-designer/tool-bars-form-elements) toolbar, select the **Text** tool.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Draw the text element">
    Click in the form where you want the **text** element, hold down the left mouse button, drag diagonally, and release the mouse.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  You can also create an element with a single click: after you select the tool, click in the form where you want the element. The default element size is used. To place several elements of the same type, hold down **Ctrl** and click repeatedly where you want them.
</Tip>

## Modify the text area

<Steps>
  <Step title="Hold Alt">
    Hold down the **Alt** key.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select part of the area">
    Place the pointer inside the text area and select part of it. That segment is deleted from the area.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Adjust the border">
    Adjust the area border if necessary.
  </Step>
</Steps>