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    Hi everyone,

    I have a need to extend the field label to display more text.  

    Can it be done?

     

    Sam
    Tuesday, November 9, 2010 2:54 PM

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    You can modify the field label width for a section and this will apply to all the fields in the section. The default is 115 pixels, after which the label will wrap.

    Hope this helps?

    Neil Benson, CRM Addict and MVP at Customery Ltd. You can reach me on LinkedIn or Twitter. Join over 10,000 other CRM professionals on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM group on LinkedIn.

    Tuesday, November 9, 2010 3:53 PM
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    You can modify the field label width for a section and this will apply to all the fields in the section. The default is 115 pixels, after which the label will wrap.

    Hope this helps?

    Neil Benson, CRM Addict and MVP at Customery Ltd. You can reach me on LinkedIn or Twitter. Join over 10,000 other CRM professionals on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM group on LinkedIn.

    Tuesday, November 9, 2010 3:53 PM
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    Hi Neil,

    What I need is to display a long sentence as the field label..  maybe I am apporaching this the wrong way.  I need to make a questionnaire in  a CRM form. 

    The problems I am experiencing are: the field label has # of pixel or words constrainst. The 2nd issue is that the label wraps.

     sam

    Sam
    Tuesday, November 9, 2010 4:34 PM
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    Hi Sam, if you need to display a phrase instead of just a label here's another idea: Hide the field label, and put each field in it's own section. Use the section title as a label for the field. The section title can be as wide as the form, so it can usually accommodate more text than a field label.

    There are other techniques, but most of them involve writing JavaScript. Or you can buy some of the questionnaire add-ons available for CRM 4.0 if you need sophisticated questionnaire features.

    Neil Benson, CRM Addict and MVP at Customery Ltd. You can reach me on LinkedIn or Twitter. Join over 10,000 other CRM professionals on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM group on LinkedIn.

    • Marked as answer by Jim Glass Jr Tuesday, November 9, 2010 6:16 PM
    • Unmarked as answer by SamXie Tuesday, November 9, 2010 8:04 PM
    Tuesday, November 9, 2010 4:39 PM
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    Hi Neil,

    Can you please explain how to use Javascript in this situation.

    Tuesday, November 16, 2010 8:10 PM
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    I'm not a JavaScript developer, so I'm unable to write the code for you, but you could try an internet search to find useful stuff that smarter people than me have published.

    Here's one example from Adi Katz (one of the meanest CRM developers and bloggers I know!) http://mscrm4ever.blogspot.com/2008/08/convert-text-field-to-label.html

    Hope this helps.

    Neil Benson, CRM Addict and MVP at Customery Ltd. You can reach me on LinkedIn or Twitter. Join over 10,000 other CRM professionals on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM group on LinkedIn.

    Tuesday, November 16, 2010 8:35 PM
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    Thanks Neil for your help
    Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:03 PM