What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

You will need to protect the document (template) for forms. Unfortunately,
it won't let you start typing to select. So far as I know, you have to use
the mouse.

Hope this helps,
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Donna" wrote in message
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I am trying to create a form using a drop down list. When I put the names
in
to the list and say "OK" the name showing is defaulting to whatever is
first
on the list. It does not give a drop down list. I also would like it to
fill the field if you start typing a name from the list.

Donna