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Displaying a block of text in a survey

You can display a block of read-only text on a question page in a survey. By providing supporting information about the questions in a survey, you can help users provide answers quickly and completely.

  1. Click Designer Studio > Survey Management, and then click Edit next to the name of a survey that has at least one question page defined.

  2. In the list of question pages for the survey, right-click the name of a question page and select Add Simple Question > New.

    Although users cannot respond to a block of read-only text in a survey, you must create a question to store the text.

  3. In the Name field of the Add Simple Question dialog box, enter a short description that is associated with the underlying question rule.

    You can change the value in the ID field, which is populated based on the value that you provide in the Name field.

  4. Optional: Expand the Settings section to change the class or ruleset for the question.

    By default, questions apply to the same class as the survey with which they are associated.

  5. In the Question field, enter the content for the block of text.

  6. In the Answer list, select Show display text only.

  7. Click Add.

  8. On the Survey Builder page, click Save.

At run time, the block of text is displayed at the bottom of the question page. You can change the position by reordering the questions on the question page.

Note: This functionality is available when you purchase and install the PegaSurvey application.