Can I keep the scrollbar visible in a text field once focus is lost?

Hi there,
I am pre-loading a text field with a large amount of text and making it read-only so that the user can scroll and read.  So essentially I'm not using it for text entry but simply as a scrollable text area as I couldn't find a simpler way to achieve this.
Only problem is our client doesn't like the fact that the scrollbar doesn't appear until you click into the text field and disappears again when the field loses focus.  It is not immediately clear that there is a large amount of text and that the user needs to scroll to read it all.
Is there a way of making the scrollbar visible at all times, or is there a better way of implementing a scrollable text area?
Many thanks,
Kieran

Here are my answers..
1) Is there any way I can programmatically force the scrollbar to be visible at all times?
Srini: I do not think that is available.
2) Do you know of any other way to implement a read-only scrollable text area?
Srini: Make the TextField Type to Protected/ ReadOnly to hold the ReadOnly text and make it Allow Multiple Lines. (I think you did the same)..Usually if you have a long text inside a text field with scrollbar, if the user tries to print, it will only print what ever is visible. So it would be better to check the "Expand to Fit" for Height in the Layout tab and "Allow Page Breaks with in the Content" for TextField (if possible) or the Subform/ Table/ Row that holds the TextField.
Thanks
Srini

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