Maintenance of Text Modules
Text modules are used to centrally store texts that are used frequently in forms in the system. This detaches text maintenance from form maintenance, with the result that you do not need to call the Form Builder to edit individual texts.
To include text modules in forms, you use text nodes. The text node can either refer to the text module or copy its text. You can then change the text or add to it to suit the form.
Attributes of text modules
SAP Smart Forms provides a text module maintenance function that allows you to create and edit text modules. Like text nodes, text modules have the following attributes:
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They can be used across clients
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They are connected to the transport system
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They are connected to the translation tools in the system
As a result of the last attribute, the logon language uniquely assigns a text module to a language. When including a text module, you can also access translations of the text module, for example, to include an English text module in a German form.
Downloading and uploading text modules
In text module maintenance, you can also download the current text module to your local PC as a XML file so that you can upload it at a later time and use it again, for example, in another system. To do this, choose
Utilities 
Download 
or
Utilities Upload .
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From the SAP Smart Forms Initial Screen, go to text module maintenance.
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Check the data on the Management tab page. The language in which the text module is created can be found on this tab page under Language Attributes. On this tab, you also set the style to be used and other parameters for translation.
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Use the PC editor on the Text tab to enter your text.
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Once you have saved your text, you can include the text module in a form.