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CarolineTo
Level 2
Apr 29, 2021 5:42 PM UTC
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Allow Existing Custom Field Format and Display Type to Be Changed

The Text Field with Formatting is a great new display type that we'd love to convert a lot of our existing fields to. This display type can only be selected when creating a new field, so existing fields can't enjoy the benefits of text formatting.

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    Madalyn_Destafney
    Madalyn_Destafney
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    May 4, 2022 1:36 PM UTC

    Same here, we really need this!! We have a specific field we use for basically EVERY project and is very important. I want to convert it to the text field with formatting and every way I can think of to change it to the new field without losing historical data is incredibly tedious and time consuming. You basically can't get around having to manually copy/pasting info from old field to new before retiring the old field. I've been sitting on this for a month not wanting to do it, hoping that WF will come out with this improvement. Please, WorkFront!

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    Kasey-Gagne
    Level 5
    Apr 29, 2021 7:01 PM UTC

    We are in the same exact situation. We would like to switch over to the new Text Fields with Formatting but do not want to have to create a new field and lose the existing data on our projects.


    This would be huge!

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