Adding labels


    The Label icon inserts a visual label that you can use to identify the purpose of your form elements. Clicking the label activates or deactivates the associated object--for example, a check box.

To insert a label:

  1. Drag the Label icon Label icon from the Forms set in the Objects palette to your form.
  2. Select the text on the face of the label and type the text for the label.
  3. Note: Use the Type menu commands to format the label.

  4. To link the label with the form element, select the label and then do one of the following:
    • In the Form Label Inspector, drag from the pick whip pick whip to the form element you want to label.
    • Alt-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the border of the label, and drag to the form element you want to label.

    The Reference text box of the Form Label Inspector displays the ID that controls the association between the form element and its label.