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Hi all,

We have put choices into the drop-down menu of a form field. The entire
length of each choice displays within the drop-down. However, even though I
select one of the choices, the entire choice does not display within the
document itself. Tried to select text-wrap through various means but was
unable. Any suggestions on how to get the entire response to display in the
final document? Many thanks!
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Hi ?B?U2Fp?=,

We have put choices into the drop-down menu of a form field. The entire
length of each choice displays within the drop-down. However, even though I
select one of the choices, the entire choice does not display within the
document itself. Tried to select text-wrap through various means but was
unable.

Text in a dropdown will not wrap to another line; the display is limited to a
single line of text.

As a workaround, you could use a textbox field. Entering triggers a macro to
display a form with the list. Confirming the form writes the entire entry to
the text box, which can wrap to another line. The basic approach with sample
macro code can be found here

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;198561

Cindy Meister
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http://www.word.mvps.org

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Hi Cindy,
Thank you for confirming what my research has brought me to believe.
Sai


"Cindy M." wrote:

Hi ?B?U2Fp?=,

We have put choices into the drop-down menu of a form field. The entire
length of each choice displays within the drop-down. However, even though I
select one of the choices, the entire choice does not display within the
document itself. Tried to select text-wrap through various means but was
unable.

Text in a dropdown will not wrap to another line; the display is limited to a
single line of text.

As a workaround, you could use a textbox field. Entering triggers a macro to
display a form with the list. Confirming the form writes the entire entry to
the text box, which can wrap to another line. The basic approach with sample
macro code can be found here

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;198561

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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