Is it possible to enter text in front of one entry in a drop down box?

No.

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"Cindy" wrote in message
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Is it possible to enter text in front of one entry in a drop down box?

Assuming you mean that you have a drop down with some choices, and
you'd like to be able to write in a new choice on the fly as you're
filling out a form...Suzanne is correct that you cannot do that with a
normal Drop Down form field.

However, if you want to get a little more advanced, you can use a
Combo Box ActiveX control from the Control Toolbox and, with some VBA
programming code, you can use the control as a Combo Box that allows
you to make it look like a drop down, but it will allow you to add new
information other than that which is predefined in the original list
of options.

If you don't understand VBA, it might be a bit of a challenge to get
it working. But you can find more info by opening Word, hitting Alt +
F11 to open the VB editor, within the editor...click Help Microsoft
Visual Basic help. Granted, you will have had to do a custom install
to add this VBA help to the editor. But if you want to go that far,
you can then type COMBO BOX in the VBA help and you'll get more info.

Or...you can check out this MSDN article on ActiveX controls in Word:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...thcontrols.asp

Good luck!

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:51:03 -0800, "?B?Q2luZHk=?="
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Is it possible to enter text in front of one entry in a drop down box?