Adding text

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In the Admin menu, click District Setup.The District Setup page appears.

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Under cTools, click Manage Pages. The cTools Manage Pages page appears.

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Click the relevant feature area [>>]. The Manage Page Details page appears.

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Under Custom Pages, click the page to which you want to add the Text Object The Add/Edit Page page appears.

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Under Panel Selection, click the panel to which you want to add the Text Object. The Add/Edit Panel page appears.

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In the Actions menu, click Add Text Object. The Add/Edit Text Object page appears.

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Enter or change information, which includes:

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Object ID: The name to be used internally by the database to identify the field, up to 25 characters. Do not use numbers, spaces, or special characters.This value cannot be changed once the changes are saved to the database.

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Display name: The name of the Text Object, up to 25 characters. This name is used only to identify the Text Object on the Add/Edit Panel page. The display name does not appear on the completed page.

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Field options [see >>]:

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Publish: The Text Object is visible on the panel.

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Unpublish: The Text Object does not appear on the panel, even if the panel is published and visible. As long as the panel or associated page are not published, the object can be set to Publish without being visible.

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Display on grid: This option is applicable only to Child schemas [>>]. Select this option to add the Text Object to a grid.

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Text type:

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Normal: Text appears in the PowerSchool SMS normal interface font.

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Header: Text appears in the PowerSchool SMS page header size and font.

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Supplementary: Text appears in the smaller PowerSchool SMS supplementary text font.

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Display text: The content of the Text Object. This is the text that appears on the completed page.

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Click OK.