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You can change the answer text on any item in the Data Source in the Data Source toolbox. This is a great advantage when you wish to display shorter or different labels in the report, or if you want to remove script code that you inserted for response piping or HTML codes which you used for formatting in your questionnaire. To change the texts:
- Double-click the question in the Data Source or right-click on it and choose Edit.
- Modify the text as required in the text boxes.
- Save the changes.
Editable text boxes for text, answer and scale tabs for the question are displayed .
Figure 1 - Modifying the answer list for a question
When the changes are saved, the changed field is colored yellow to indicate that it has been changed .
These changes will not affect the project. You can even go to “Report Properties” and add new languages, and then enter text for those languages in the Data Source. This means that you can create reports in languages other than those in which the survey was originally conducted.
As an example, the figure hereabove shows the answer list for a single question where the answer to an “Other specify” text box is piped in. In reporting, you may wish to replace that code with the text Other. Simply enter the text you wish to use in your report, into the field, and click Save. The modified field will now be displayed in yellow .
Click the Undo arrow to the right of the field to revert the label to its original text.
Figure 2 - Example of a modified answer list item
Note: To be able to edit scale/list elements, codes must be defined for these scales/lists in the questionnaire.