In dropdown forms (and on menus) & is used to indicate the letter to be used
as an accelerator (if you type A&B, you should be seeing the B underlined).
For a workaround, see
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...htm#DrpDownAmp

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"dominic" wrote in message
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I type a symbol "&" in a drop-down form selection e.g. "A&B". But the "&"
is
not displayed then and it become "AB".