InfoPath Dev

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The only formatting option I can find in the context menus is to allow for word wrap but that won't work because it allows the text box to grow taller, but not wider.  Is it possible in InfoPath to tell a reference field to grow to the size of the entered text?

If you use an expression box (calculated value) instead of a textbox, that should allow for auto-width.  An expression box can't wrap around to a second row of text, but it should solve your problem to some degree.