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# Databoxes in Messages & Tasks
Learn how to use Databoxes within messages and tasks.
A ‘**Databox – Read**’ can be used to display the contents of a Databox within the body of a Message or Task. When editing the body text of a Message or Task, the list of available Databoxes is displayed alongside the editor.
### Tasks
A letter task showing several Databoxes
Simply position the cursor and click the '**+**' sign or just drag and drop the Databox into the body.
### Messages
A Message using a single Databox
The above example uses a telephone number stored in a Company Databox:
Company (Fixed text) Databoxes holding telephone numbers
