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What is the maximum number of chracters that I can put in a drop down field
and how do I change it?
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Moondawgie wrote:
What is the maximum number of chracters that I can put in a drop down
field and how do I change it?


Each item is limited to 50 characters, and there's a maximum of 25 items.
You can't change those limits, but you can create a userform instead and put
a combo box or list box on it. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306258
and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm.

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