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Placeholder text, also known as ghost text, lets you display initial text which describes the expected type of response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This helps ensure the participant replies to the question with relevant information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once a participant starts entering text in the question box, the placeholder text will be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How-to guide \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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