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Guidelines for Capture-Ready Fields
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Target: Form designer
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What: Only one character per Capture field can be recognized. When expecting multiple
characters making up a word or phrase, you must make sure that the user only writes one
character per field. In order to do so, you must make sure that the fields are big enough
and have enough space between each one. The best practice is to make sure that there
is a boundary surrounding the field where ink marks are to be written.
Why: To avoid any ink marks that would spill over from one field to another. If both fields A and
B are to close in proximity and the ink marks from field A spill over to field B, then the marks
captured on field B would be considered as being part of a character written on field B. For
example, if a number spills over and is written over two fields like numbers 9, 1 or 7; then the
bottom tip of these numbers could be considered as number 1 in the second field. (Refer to the
example below)
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