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Composing form with multiple pick lists
Is there a way with Word 2003, plus Excel or Access if necessary, to
create a form that has some portions already completed but, for other portions, the form will complete based upon the user's selection of options in a checklist? This is different from a drop-down menu in part because there are any number of combinations that could be selected. In other words, the form might always read "grocery list," but the user will have a checklist of milk, eggs, and butter, and depending on which lines he/she checks, the form might finally read, "grocery list / milk / butter." There would not--yet--need to be logical option strings, just one or two sets of multiple pick lists. Can Office do this, or would I need something like Hot Docs? |
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Hi Joseph,
Is there a way with Word 2003, plus Excel or Access if necessary, to create a form that has some portions already completed but, for other portions, the form will complete based upon the user's selection of options in a checklist? This is different from a drop-down menu in part because there are any number of combinations that could be selected. In other words, the form might always read "grocery list," but the user will have a checklist of milk, eggs, and butter, and depending on which lines he/she checks, the form might finally read, "grocery list / milk / butter." There would not--yet--need to be logical option strings, just one or two sets of multiple pick lists. Can Office do this, or would I need something like Hot Docs? You could do this in Word (or Excel or Access - Access would probably be simplest), but it would require writing macros to accomplish it. I'm not familiar with Hot Docs, so I can't say whether that would be a better tool... Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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On May 3, 12:40 pm, Cindy M. wrote:
You could do this in Word (or Excel or Access - Access would probably be simplest), but it would require writing macros to accomplish it. Cindy, if the macro(s) are something you can explain or provide examples here, please do. If they're proprietary, or if you want to discuss being hired to help, please let me know off list: jbn10161 @ fastmail.fm |
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Hi Joseph,
You could do this in Word (or Excel or Access - Access would probably be simplest), but it would require writing macros to accomplish it. if the macro(s) are something you can explain or provide examples here, please do. Best to pursue this in a word.vba newsgroup, if you want to tackle it yourself. You'll find many more people there to help (since it's all volunteer here). You might also want to search the groups, first, as I'm sure the question has come up before. :-) Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Composing form with multiple pick lists
See the following page of fellow MVP Greg Maxey's website:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Populate_UserForm_ListBox.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Joseph N." wrote in message ups.com... On May 3, 12:40 pm, Cindy M. wrote: You could do this in Word (or Excel or Access - Access would probably be simplest), but it would require writing macros to accomplish it. Cindy, if the macro(s) are something you can explain or provide examples here, please do. If they're proprietary, or if you want to discuss being hired to help, please let me know off list: jbn10161 @ fastmail.fm |
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