[kill_beast[_2_]]

I have a form template with some dropdowns. Some of the items have the "&"
character in them.

When I make the item in the dropdown properties dialog, it doesn't complain
about it, and I can see the character fine there. But if I select that item
in the dropdown, it isn't there.

Do dropdowns exclude certain characters?

[Jay Freedman]

kill_beast wrote:
I have a form template with some dropdowns. Some of the items have
the "&" character in them.

When I make the item in the dropdown properties dialog, it doesn't
complain about it, and I can see the character fine there. But if I
select that item in the dropdown, it isn't there.

Do dropdowns exclude certain characters?

It's an old issue. See
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Use_Ampers...down_Field.htm for a rather
complicated workaround.

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[DP]

I forget where I had the same problem (maybe excel header?) but I had to use
two ampersand signs to get 1 (&&). Better minds than mind know why.

"kill_beast" wrote:

I have a form template with some dropdowns. Some of the items have the "&"
character in them.

When I make the item in the dropdown properties dialog, it doesn't complain
about it, and I can see the character fine there. But if I select that item
in the dropdown, it isn't there.

Do dropdowns exclude certain characters?

[kill_beast[_2_]]

Thanks for the answer.



"Jay Freedman" wrote:

kill_beast wrote:
I have a form template with some dropdowns. Some of the items have
the "&" character in them.

When I make the item in the dropdown properties dialog, it doesn't
complain about it, and I can see the character fine there. But if I
select that item in the dropdown, it isn't there.

Do dropdowns exclude certain characters?

It's an old issue. See
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Use_Ampers...down_Field.htm for a rather
complicated workaround.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.