I am creating a form that provides a list box that users can select from. I
also want the user to be able to add text to the form list if the option they
are looking for is not available. I'm using Word 2000 (v9.0 SR1). I used to
be able to do this in the past but can't remember how I did it. A layman's
explanation of what a combo box is used for and how I create one would also
be useful. Many thanks,

You can't use a combo box in a protected form using form fields. Combo boxes
are available only in UserForms.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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I am creating a form that provides a list box that users can select from.
I
also want the user to be able to add text to the form list if the option
they
are looking for is not available. I'm using Word 2000 (v9.0 SR1). I used
to
be able to do this in the past but can't remember how I did it. A
layman's
explanation of what a combo box is used for and how I create one would
also
be useful. Many thanks,

Hi ?B?Q0tAUFBD?=,

I am creating a form that provides a list box that users can select from. I
also want the user to be able to add text to the form list if the option they
are looking for is not available. I'm using Word 2000 (v9.0 SR1). I used to
be able to do this in the past but can't remember how I did it.

ComboBoxes are available from the Controls Toolbox. Be aware that they WILL
trigger Word's internal macro security. Also, to fill the list you have to write
VBA code (usually, in an AutoOpen macro or the Document_Open event). Does that
ring any bells? If yes, and you need the VBA code, search my name on the msdn
site on microsoft.com. You should turn up an article on using ActiveX controls
in Word, and somewhere in that (or the download) you'll find code for filling a
combobox.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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