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Drop Down Boxes in 2007
What's the easiest way to create a drop down box in Word 2007?
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Linked_DropDown_Fields.htm
-- 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. |
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