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I want to increase the length of a field in a drop down feild on a form. Can
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On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 03:42:01 -0700, Rob woods Rob
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I want to increase the length of a field in a drop down feild on a form. Can
this be don and how?


No, a dropdown form field is absolutely limited to 25 items of 50
characters each, and there is no way to change that. The alternative
is to create a userform and put a combo box on it. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306258 and
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userfo...eAUserForm.htm.

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