Creating a custom text input and formatted text format You can create custom text input formats that you can apply within your application. Procedure To create a style format, perform the following actions: Click Add a format. In the Create a new format dialog box, enter the Format name by using only alphanumeric characters (a-z and 0-9) and spaces. The name cannot begin with a number. The format name that you enter is converted into the name CSS class or classes. Optional: Provide a Usage annotation. Click OK. Result: The new format is populated with default values. To create a style format by copying an existing format, click Actions and select Save as from the list.