Text Entry Boxes Text entry boxes are areas in a dialog box in which type text. You can change the text in a text entry box by deleting the existing text with the Delete key and typing new text. If a dialog box has more than one text entry box, the pointer is located in the first text entry field when the dialog box appears on the screen. To move to the next text entry box, press the Tab key or move the pointer to the next text entry box and click MB1.