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About Currency Fields

Adding a new Currency Field

Renaming a Currency Field

Changing the position of a Currency Field

Changing the width of a Currency Field

Displaying a Currency Field as a form

Moving a Currency Field Forward or Backward

Centering a Currency Field

Deleting a Currency Field

About Currency Fields:

A Currency Field is a special type of text field that displays properly formatted currency values. Currency Fields can be displayed as a form.

Adding a new Currency Field:

Choose Widget > Insert Text Box > Currency Field. If the current Edit Mode is Edit Background Layer, then the Currency Field will be added to the Background. Otherwise, it will be added to the current card.

Alternately, you can type ^⌘K.

A Currency Field can also be added using the Widgets pull-down menu in the toolbar.
Widgets Pull Down

Renaming a Currency Field:

  1. If the Currency Field is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
  2. Click on the Currency Field.
  3. Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
    Widgets Button
  4. In the “General” section of the Info sidebar, type the new name of the Currency Field into the Name field.
    Rename

Changing the position of a Currency Field:

  1. If the Currency Field is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
  2. Click and drag the Currency Field to the desired destination.

    Alternately, the location can altered using the Currency Field’s “Metrics” section of the Info side bar.

Changing the width of a Currency Field:

  1. If the Currency Field is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
  2. Click on the Currency Field.
  3. Click and drag one the anchors in the desired direction.
    Anchors

    Alternately, the width can altered using the Currency Field’s “Metrics” section of the Info sidebar.

    Please note that the height of a Currency Field cannot be altered.

Displaying a Currency Field as a form:

Display as Form Explanation

  1. If the Currency Field is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
  2. Click on the Currency Field.
  3. Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
    Widgets Button
  4. In the “Appearance” section of the Info sidebar, click the “Display as form” check box if it is not already checked.
    Display as Form

Moving a Currency Field Forward or Backward:

  1. If the Currency Field is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
  2. Click on the Currency Field.
  3. To move a Currency Field one position at a time, choose Widget > Bring Forward or Send Backward.

    To move a Currency Field in front of all other widgets in a card or the background, choose Widget > Bring to Front.

    To move a Currency Field behind all other widgets in a card or the background, choose Widget > Send to Back.

Centering a Currency Field:

  1. If the Currency Field is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
  2. Click on the Currency Field.
  3. To center a Currency Field horizontally, choose Widget > Center Horizontally in Card or Center Horizontally in Background.

    To center a Currency Field vertically, choose Widget > Center Vertically in Card or Center Vertically in Background.

Deleting a Currency Field:

  1. If the Currency Field is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
  2. Click on the Currency Field.
  3. Press the Delete key.