How do I do this basic thing ?

[Francis Nugent Dixon]

Art,  How about this !

Create all of your fields on card 1 of your stack.
Create a group containing only the left hand field & name it.
If you want the same contents in each card, set the "share text"
indicator for this field. When you fill it by hand, this text will show
in all the cards you create later.
Create a group for all the other fields, except the "New"
button (which should not lie in the same boundaries as
fields in group 2),  & name it.
Create a group containing your "New" button & name it.
Create a group containing all three groups, and define it
as a background.

In your openCard script :- hide group 2 of card 1.

In your "New" button, lock screen, go to last card,
create card,  show group 2, unlock screen.

Does this solve your problem ?

-Francis

"Nothing should ever be done for the first time !"