In Claris Home Page, you can use them by going to the Insert menu, choosing Form , and selecting the element from the list. You can also go to the View menu and choose Display Forms Palette to bring up a floating toolbar of form elements. A text field is used when you want to give the user a single line to enter information in. The NAME attribute labels the information in the box. You can leave it blank.
SIZE indicates the character width of the box.
The text area is similar to the text box in use, but it is implemented differently. You use it when you want your user to be able to enter more than one line of information. You see this used to give people the opportunity to leave comments. Note that, unlike the text box, there is a beginning and an ending tag. If you want a default value, type it as plain text in between the two tags.