I don't see that behavior here when the document is not in Design Mode.

Are you sure you've exited Design Mode before saving, by clicking the top
left button on the Control Toolbox? If your macro security level is set to
High or Very High, opening the document would put you back into Design Mode
(a side effect of disabling macros), and the Control Toolbox would be
visible.

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Weste wrote:
I have a word form with some combo boxes (not form fields). I have
set their properties to the following

Locked = True
Enabled = True ( I don't want the control dimmed)

Setting these properties disables the cobbo box list from displaying
when the down arrow is clicked; however the contents of the combo box
can still be changed by typing directly into the combo box. Not sure
why this is happening since the control is Locked. Is there another
property I need to set so users can't enter directly into in the
combo box? Thanks for your help.

Weste