Text entry box instead of typing

In order to capture the screens I need, I have to enter text by typing it into a form. But I don't want the text I'm typing to appear in the final project. Instead, I want remove the typed text and replace it with a text entry box so that the learner can type in their own text.
Is it possible to convert typed text into a text entry box?
Is there a preference setting that would prevent the typed text from showing or convert it to a text entry box?
I hope someone can help with a suggestion.

You can add the text entry box (TEB) on top of the required field, assign a variable to this TEB and in later slides, insert a smartshape and call this variable wherever required.
However I see some challenges in this, depending on your specific requirement.
1.  If this variable is called 50 slides later, you should add a smartshape and call this variable 50 times. A bit tedious task.
2.  Depending on the UI color changes, you should also change the smartshape color as many times in as many slides if you want to match the colors. Same with smartshape positions. Again, a tedious task.
3.  What if this value is partially shown on a slide? A good lot of graphic editing work there. Use case: The user is creating a child node for some tree structure and you want to use this feature to let the user enter any node name he wants. Later in some other screen, this node (as part of the tree) appears on the right pane and the pane is partially hidden, then you will have to hide this new text also partially.
There may be few more challenges you might want to consider before deciding this.
Sreekanth

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