Field names appear flat and in proportional typeface on the screen template. For dynamic field names, the flags "A" and "FixA" are to be set in the Screen Painter. This also applies to the field names of checkboxes and radio buttons.

Field names are defined in the ABAP/4 Dictionary. Field names of different lengths are distinguished:

• Short keywords, length 10 (field name)
• Medium-length keywords, length 15 (field name)
• Long keywords, length 20 (field name)
• Header, maximum length 55 (table headings)

Field names to be placed before input/output fields are entered under "keywords". The words entered should always be two characters shorter than the displayed or specified length. The recommended lengths should be used wherever possible in order to facilitate the translation.

Exception: The difference between the number of characters and the entered length may be smaller than two if the full word can then be used and if a meaningful abbreviation by two characters is not possible (this will most often be the case with ten-character keywords).

Icons which are used as field names are defined in the same way as keywords (text). They are defined as one line and two characters wide.