# Selecting multiple text spans and labeling each with manually typed identifier

**URL:** <https://support.prodi.gy/t/selecting-multiple-text-spans-and-labeling-each-with-manually-typed-identifier/1116>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** usage, custom, front-end\
**Created:** [January 10, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/selecting-multiple-text-spans-and-labeling-each-with-manually-typed-identifier/1116 "2019-01-10T21:30:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![ines](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/ines/32/3_2.png) [@ines](https://support.prodi.gy/u/ines)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/selecting-multiple-text-spans-and-labeling-each-with-manually-typed-identifier/1116/2 "2019-01-13T16:43:34Z")

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Hi! In general, Prodigy tries to avoid free-form input wherever possible to speed up the process and ensure consistency – especially for label schemes. In most cases, you also want to be focusing on smaller numbers of labels at a time to reduce the cognitive load on the annotator and make it easier to run quicker and isolated experiments. So the workflow you describe currently isn’t easily possible – unless you [build your own interface from scratch](https://support.prodi.gy/t/custom-view-templates-with-scripts/302/5).

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