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So I go to Products and edit one...and under options I am not seeing the field for textarea

I can add a file upload requirement but I also want to add an optional textarea where they can supply instructions of what to do with the file (image)

Might be a silly question, but did you add a textarea under catalog>options first? On the left side of the screen under catalog about half way down click options. There you can manage all analogous options and add new ones.

Thanks for the reply. Yes - it has been added there.

can anyone offer a solution to try other than private offers to fix for money?

AFAICT the dropdown list is constrained to 5 items only at line 474 of admin/controller/catalog/option.php, chainging 'limit' to 0 would appear to return the full list of enabled options (but I have no idea if this leads to further issues later!)

Hope this helps!
Mark

Thanks very much Mark. That seems to work fine now. I'll report back if I see any glitches

No need to change any files. When you get to the part of the option just start typing the word "text" it should appear and then you can select it.