[Wilbur]

What's the easiest way to create a drop down box in Word 2007?

[Jay Freedman]

Wilbur wrote:
What's the easiest way to create a drop down box in Word 2007?

First go to Office button Word Options Popular and enable the Developer
tab of the ribbon.

Click the Developer tab. In the Controls section in the middle, click the
first icon in the second row, whose tooltip says Drop-Down List.

Click the Properties button on the right side of the Controls group to add
the selections to the dropdown.

This control has the advantage, compared to the Forms dropdown in the legacy
tools, that the document doesn't have to be protected; that means it doesn't
disable other features such as spell-checking and inserting pictures the way
protected forms do.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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[Wilbur]

Thanks
Now, can two boxes be link?
The choice in box 1 forces a result in box 2 or vice versa.
Wilbur

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Wilbur wrote:
What's the easiest way to create a drop down box in Word 2007?

First go to Office button Word Options Popular and enable the Developer
tab of the ribbon.

Click the Developer tab. In the Controls section in the middle, click the
first icon in the second row, whose tooltip says Drop-Down List.

Click the Properties button on the right side of the Controls group to add
the selections to the dropdown.

This control has the advantage, compared to the Forms dropdown in the legacy
tools, that the document doesn't have to be protected; that means it doesn't
disable other features such as spell-checking and inserting pictures the way
protected forms do.

--
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.

[Jay Freedman]

It isn't clear what you want. Should the contents of the two boxes be identical
at all times, or do you want the second box to show something different but
related to the content of the first? And is it really necessary to make the
first box respond to changes in the second, or is it sufficient to always make
changes only in the first box?


On Thu, 22 May 2008 05:06:00 -0700, Wilbur
wrote:

Thanks
Now, can two boxes be link?
The choice in box 1 forces a result in box 2 or vice versa.
Wilbur

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Wilbur wrote:
What's the easiest way to create a drop down box in Word 2007?

First go to Office button Word Options Popular and enable the Developer
tab of the ribbon.

Click the Developer tab. In the Controls section in the middle, click the
first icon in the second row, whose tooltip says Drop-Down List.

Click the Properties button on the right side of the Controls group to add
the selections to the dropdown.

This control has the advantage, compared to the Forms dropdown in the legacy
tools, that the document doesn't have to be protected; that means it doesn't
disable other features such as spell-checking and inserting pictures the way
protected forms do.

--
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.

[Wilbur]

Sorry, I would like the second box to show something different but related to
the first. It's not necessary to make the first box respond to changes in the
second, my thought was in case the missed the first box.


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

It isn't clear what you want. Should the contents of the two boxes be identical
at all times, or do you want the second box to show something different but
related to the content of the first? And is it really necessary to make the
first box respond to changes in the second, or is it sufficient to always make
changes only in the first box?


On Thu, 22 May 2008 05:06:00 -0700, Wilbur
wrote:

Thanks
Now, can two boxes be link?
The choice in box 1 forces a result in box 2 or vice versa.
Wilbur

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Wilbur wrote:
What's the easiest way to create a drop down box in Word 2007?

First go to Office button Word Options Popular and enable the Developer
tab of the ribbon.

Click the Developer tab. In the Controls section in the middle, click the
first icon in the second row, whose tooltip says Drop-Down List.

Click the Properties button on the right side of the Controls group to add
the selections to the dropdown.

This control has the advantage, compared to the Forms dropdown in the legacy
tools, that the document doesn't have to be protected; that means it doesn't
disable other features such as spell-checking and inserting pictures the way
protected forms do.

--
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.

[Graham Mayor]

See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Linked_DropDown_Fields.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Wilbur wrote:
Sorry, I would like the second box to show something different but
related to the first. It's not necessary to make the first box
respond to changes in the second, my thought was in case the missed
the first box.


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

It isn't clear what you want. Should the contents of the two boxes
be identical
at all times, or do you want the second box to show something
different but
related to the content of the first? And is it really necessary to
make the
first box respond to changes in the second, or is it sufficient to
always make
changes only in the first box?


On Thu, 22 May 2008 05:06:00 -0700, Wilbur

wrote:

Thanks
Now, can two boxes be link?
The choice in box 1 forces a result in box 2 or vice versa.
Wilbur

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Wilbur wrote:
What's the easiest way to create a drop down box in Word 2007?

First go to Office button Word Options Popular and enable the
Developer tab of the ribbon.

Click the Developer tab. In the Controls section in the middle,
click the first icon in the second row, whose tooltip says
Drop-Down List.

Click the Properties button on the right side of the Controls
group to add the selections to the dropdown.

This control has the advantage, compared to the Forms dropdown in
the legacy tools, that the document doesn't have to be protected;
that means it doesn't disable other features such as
spell-checking and inserting pictures the way protected forms do.

--
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.