For some of the clues I would like the players to solve a clue where they fill in the blanks. I write it in content like this:
The countries of Britain are:
E_ _ _ _ _ _ , Northern Ireland, Scotland and W _ _ _
But inside the bound the question shows like this:
The countries of Britain are:
E , Northern Ireland, Scotland and W
Is there a way I can put the dashes in so the players know how many letters to fill in?
Thank you
Hello SelinaSmith,
to format texts in bound elements you can use „Markdown“ language.
You can find hints here in actionbound manual: „Format text using markdown“
and more Markdown information here
and your special case „Markdown Hacks“
However, a few HTML elements are also possible.
For example is a space character
and <ins> </ins> is an underlined space
Your example:
E_ _ _ _ _ _ , Northern Ireland, Scotland and W _ _ _
maybe would look like this:
E <ins> </ins> <ins> </ins> <ins> </ins> <ins> </ins> <ins> </ins> <ins> </ins> , Northern Ireland, Scotland and W <ins> </ins> <ins> </ins> <ins> </ins>
Good luck 
Best regards
Sven G