Can Captivate 5 support multi-line text boxes?

A colleague is trying to add a text box, where the user will need to enter multiple lines... We don't want word wrap, we actually want the user to be able to add carriage returns and additional lines... Is that possible?
If the text box element can't do multiple lines, is there a way to accomplish this using a different canned element? (non-klunky, I've read the 3-year-old thread on this topic.)
Thanks in advance

From: Josh_Corey
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 10:05 PM
To: KJ Therine
Subject: How to print multi line text boxes
Re: How to print multi line text boxes
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