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Modify the Default Display Text for a Prompt 

• Create a simple list report based on the 'Go Sales and Retailers' package.
• Add 'Product Line', 'Product Type', 'Product Name', 'Quantity' and 'Revenue' to the report. 
• Add a prompt page and add a value prompt for 'Product Line' to the page.
• Click on the prompt, and on the properties window, add the name 'Prmpt1' to the prompt.
• Add an HTML item to the footer of the prompt page.
• Insert the following to the HTML Item.

<script>
document.formWarpRequest._oLstChoicesPrmpt1[0].text = 'Select a Product Line';
</script>

• Save and run the report. You will see the prompt for Product line with the default text 'Select a Product Line'.
• Follow the same steps for adding default text for other prompts.
• A new line can be added to the same HTML item for each prompt

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