Is there a way to retain scrolling text?

In Captivate 9, we'd like users to be able to enter text into a scrolling text widget. However, when users navigate back to this slide later on, they will find that all of the text they entered previously has been wiped clean. Is there a way the text entered into the scrolling text widget can be retained for the duration of the learning experience?

Some additional background info: ordinarily I would prefer to use text entry boxes instead of the scrolling text widget. However, we've found that the end user does not see a scroll bar in the text entry box when using an iPad. No problem when played on PCs though.