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title: "Exploring Rich Text Options for Constructed Response Questions"
slug: "exploring-rich-text-options-for-constructed-response-questions"
updated: 2025-05-16T21:58:18Z
published: 2025-05-16T21:58:18Z
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.eduphoria.net/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Exploring Rich Text Options for Constructed Response Questions

Constructed response questions have a rich text editor enabled for students to type and format their answers within a text box.

## **Rich Text Features**

- Bold
- Italics
- Underline
- Numbered List
- Bullet List
- Decrease Indent
- Increase Indent
- Paragraph Indent
- Cut
- Copy
- Paste
- Undo
- Redo
- Insert Special Character

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** Students are prohibited from pasting material originating outside **Aware**into the text box.

![student_preview_rich_text_box.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/9712159340311.png)

## **Additional Features**

The text box will allow for **Spelling Assistance** if you have [enabled the support](/v1/docs/spelling-assistance-the-student-experience) for the student.

If you set a **word count or character limit** on the test authoring interface, the student will see the limit displayed under the text box. Spaces do not count toward the character limit, but punctuation does. Setting a word count does not prevent a student from typing more than the set count, but the teacher will be notified if the student exceeds the limit.

![word_or_character_limit.gif](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/word_or_character_limit.gif)

![word_count.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/word_count.png)

Students can **adjust the text box’s size** to assist with readability while crafting their answers.

![text_box_resize.gif](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/9712190590871.png)

**Spanish spellcheck** will work in the constructed response text box. For best functionality, set the browser language to Spanish.

Extensions like **Grammarly** or **Texthelp** will interfere with **Eduphoria’s Spelling Assistance** tool. For best results, remove these extensions before testing.