[Detamstance]

Am creating a document with drop downs which have an 'other' choice. It is
possible to add text to the 'other' field?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No. This requires a combo box, which is not available as a form field.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Detamstance" wrote in message
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Am creating a document with drop downs which have an 'other' choice. It
is
possible to add text to the 'other' field?

[Graham Mayor]

To qualify Suzanne's reply - it is not possible without a macro. At its
simplest, the following will allow you to enter text if the choice is Other
(other, or OTHER)

Sub EnterYourOwn()
Dim oFld As FormFields
Set oFld = ActiveDocument.FormFields
Select Case UCase(oFld("Dropdown1").Result)
Case Is = "OTHER"
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


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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Detamstance wrote:
Am creating a document with drop downs which have an 'other' choice.
It is possible to add text to the 'other' field?