<p>I got it! The <a href="http://sprout.barrelstrengthdesign.com/craft-plugins/fields/docs/overview/notes-field" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sprout Notes Field plugin</a> was what I needed. It allows HTML input with various formatting options.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/uqerg.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/uqerg.png" alt="course page with help text"></a></p>

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2016-08-31T15:12:16.490Z
2016-08-31T15:28:33.370Z
2016-08-31T15:28:33.370Z
Katie Fritz
<p>As a content strategist, I'm trying to take the memory and guesswork out of my client's experience while updating the site (check out this great article, "<a href="http://alistapart.com/article/training-the-cms" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Training the CMS</a>"). Field instructions are great for that. But I'm doing some things that aren't intuitive to the user on the back end, and I want to add instructions/explanation on the affected entry types.</p>

<p>I think this could be effective in various places:</p>

<ol>
<li>Above the Title field</li>
<li>In an Instructions tab</li>
<li>Above or below the right sidebar</li>
</ol>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/rN4OK.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/rN4OK.png" alt="outside course entry type"></a> </p>

<p><strong>Is there a field type that would let me just include text with no user interaction? Or a way to add instructional text to the entry interface?</strong> Bonus if I have the option to include images, links, and basic formatting too. I haven't explored plugins yet, because I'm still learning my way around Craft, but I'm open to using them.</p>

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Inline help text for entries
# Inline help text for entries

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-31)

As a content strategist, I'm trying to take the memory and guesswork out of my client's experience while updating the site (check out this great article, "[Training the CMS](http://alistapart.com/article/training-the-cms)"). Field instructions are great for that. But I'm doing some things that aren't intuitive to the user on the back end, and I want to add instructions/explanation on the affected entry types.

I think this could be effective in various places:

1. Above the Title field
2. In an Instructions tab
3. Above or below the right sidebar

[![outside course entry type](https://i.sstatic.net/rN4OK.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/rN4OK.png)

**Is there a field type that would let me just include text with no user interaction? Or a way to add instructional text to the entry interface?** Bonus if I have the option to include images, links, and basic formatting too. I haven't explored plugins yet, because I'm still learning my way around Craft, but I'm open to using them.

**Tags:** control-panel, entry, field, admin, documentation


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2016-08-31. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

I got it! The [Sprout Notes Field plugin](http://sprout.barrelstrengthdesign.com/craft-plugins/fields/docs/overview/notes-field) was what I needed. It allows HTML input with various formatting options.

[![course page with help text](https://i.sstatic.net/uqerg.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/uqerg.png)


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