Hi ?B?Tm9ybWFuIExvd2U=?=,

The first item in our drop-down box is not recognized and cannot be selected
for use. The second item appears as the default when the box is closed. We
are using Word 2000 ver. 9.0.

The drop-down box has twenty items, the maximum allowed.

Doesn't sound quite right... A form field dropdown will allow 25 items; I
assume this is what you have? Can you list the first four or five items,
exactly as they appear in the dropdown OPTIONS (where they were entered)? Then
we can test whether the problem also appears on other installations...

You might also try inserting a new dropdown, separated by a few characters from
this one, and see if it behaves as you'd expect. If it does, then delete the
first one.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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