Create form annotations in Table Builder

Add instructional text and other design elements to your forms by using form annotations in Table Builder.

Before you begin

Launch Table Builder. For more information, see Accessing Table Builder.
(Optional) Choose a domain to work within (if not global). For more information, see Domain separation and Table Builder.
(Optional) Choose an application scope to work within (if not global). For more information, see Using an application scope with Table Builder.

Note: To understand how to approach customizing your forms, review Table Builder workflow and navigation.

Role required: personalize_form or AES user role and delegated developer permissions. For more information, see Delegate developers using AES.

Procedure

Navigate to the Forms tab in Table Builder.
Choose a view to work with.

For detailed information on how to choose a view for a form, see Choose a form view in Table Builder.
To display a list of the available components that you can add to your form view, in the Add form elements panel, select Components.

Note: You can also launch the Add form elements panel by clicking the Add ([Omitted image "fb-add-icon.png"] Alt text: Add icon.) icon above an existing element in the form editor.
Select the Annotation elements, and then drag it to the location in the form editor where you'd like to position the annotation text as shown in the following example.

[Omitted image "fb-annotation-drag.gif"] Alt text: Add annotation.

Select the Annotation type.

Annotation type	Description
Info Box Blue	Blue box that surrounds the entered text.
Info Box Red	Red box that surrounds the entered text.
Line Separator	Line separator inside a section.
Plain Text	Text that is entered as plain text.
Section Details	Text that is entered as section details.
Section Plain Text	Text that is entered as plain text in a section.
Section Separator	Line separator between sections.
Text	Text that is entered as text.

Select an option for Annotation text.

Annotation text option	Description
Plain text	Text that is entered renders on the form as plain text.
Rich text	Rich text. When you point to the text box below, an Edit rich text icon is displayed. Select this icon to launch a rich text editor window where you can adjust the basic properties for the text that you want to display on the form such as:- Font size Font color or background color Bold, italic, underline Indentation List type (bullet or ordered list) Add hyperlink or remove hyperlink To show the HTML code that renders on the form, click Show HTML, and then click Apply.

Annotation text option

Description

Plain text

Text that is entered renders on the form as plain text.

Rich text

Rich text. When you point to the text box below, an Edit rich text icon is displayed. Select this icon to launch a rich text editor window where you can adjust the basic properties for the text that you want to display on the form such as:- Font size

Font color or background color
Bold, italic, underline
Indentation
List type (bullet or ordered list)
Add hyperlink or remove hyperlink To show the HTML code that renders on the form, click Show HTML, and then click Apply.

7. Enter the desired annotation text in the field that displays in the Annotation panel.

Select Save.

Parent Topic:Forms in Table Builder

title	Create form annotations in Table Builder
description	Add instructional text and other design elements to your forms by using form annotations in Table Builder.
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product	Form Builder \(Glide Family Release\)
classification	form-builder-glide-family-release
topic_type	task
last_updated	2026-09-10
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