How to get LiveCycle Designer forms to ignore default text in fields when validating

Hiya,
I'm testing out Designer ES4 to build a simple form that's submitted via email.
Everything is working except for my text boxes... They are set up as required fields but because I've included default text with instructions, if you press submit without editing the fields they're not validating as empty and not throwing an error message.
I’ve been searching the forums all day for a fix, but I’m too new to understand where to put code etc. I’ve tried adding
'text{!=placeholder}' in the validation pattern box but that doesn’t work…
All I have is LiveCycle Designer and I’m on windows 7. Thanks for your help!

Thanks Bruce - this looks like exactly what I'm after!
I have a really noob question though - where do I go to enter code?! Below is a screenshot of what I'm looking at - can you please talk me through how to make your suggested changes?
Do I do it on the 'xml code' tab or somewhere else?

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