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How do you leave a blank space in drop down field?
I need to know how to leave a blank space in a drop down field so that when
protecting the document, someone could write it in if they are not in the drop down list? |
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How do you leave a blank space in drop down field?
You can create a "blank" entry in the dropdown field by creating one entry
that's just a single space, but this will not allow users to add their own text. For this you need a combo box, which is not available as a form field. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Angie" wrote in message news I need to know how to leave a blank space in a drop down field so that when protecting the document, someone could write it in if they are not in the drop down list? |
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How do you leave a blank space in drop down field?
While Suzanne's reply is correct you could use vba to allow a user to add
text eg If you enter a list item (say) "Enter your own", you could use the following macro run on exit from the dropdown field (here the default Dropdown1) which will add the user's entry to the list when 'Enter your own' is chosen Sub EnterYourOwn() Dim oFld As FormFields Set oFld = ActiveDocument.FormFields Select Case oFld("Dropdown1").Result Case Is = "Enter your own" start: sText = InputBox("Enter the text for this field") If sText = "" Then MsgBox "This field may not be left blank" GoTo start: End If oFld("Dropdown1").Result = sText Case Else 'Do nothing End Select End Sub http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Angie wrote: I need to know how to leave a blank space in a drop down field so that when protecting the document, someone could write it in if they are not in the drop down list? |
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