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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Extended Text Entry</b> dialog box provides you with a large text entry area for entering text for rules. Text entered in this dialog box is inserted at the current cursor position in the dialog box from where the Extended Text Entry option was selected. 
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      <div class="title_division">Where Do I Find It?</div>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Extended Text Entry</b> option is available from these locations on the <b class="uiTerm">Check-Mate Author's</b> dialog box: Create/Edit Checker tabbed page (Checker Function), New Attribute, and Edit Attribute.
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      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Extended Text Entry</b> dialog box also provides a set of options called builders. Builders provide step-by-step assistance to constructing more complex formulas for rules. The three builders offer assistance with the syntax for function calls, loops, and conditional statements.
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