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longer drop down box content?
I am creating a form letter in Word where the user fills in standard form
fields (company name, address, etc.) and needs to choose one of three paragraphs to insert into the letter. I was thinking a a drop-down box would be the easiest excpet for the fact that the drop-down box only lets me put in approx. 10 words. My paragraphs are approx. 70 words. Is there a way to make the drop-down options longer? Or, is there a better way to do this? I am using Word 2007 |
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longer drop down box content?
A dropdown formfield has an absolute limit of 25 items and 50 characters per
item. There is no way to increase those numbers. The workaround is to create a userform containing a list box, and copy the user's choice from that list box back into the document. See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/FormField_...rm_ListBox.htm for an illustration of this workaround and a sample download. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. BDankas wrote: I am creating a form letter in Word where the user fills in standard form fields (company name, address, etc.) and needs to choose one of three paragraphs to insert into the letter. I was thinking a a drop-down box would be the easiest excpet for the fact that the drop-down box only lets me put in approx. 10 words. My paragraphs are approx. 70 words. Is there a way to make the drop-down options longer? Or, is there a better way to do this? I am using Word 2007 |
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longer drop down box content?
A dropdown formfield has an absolute limit of 25 items and 50 characters per
item. There is no way to increase those numbers. The workaround is to create a userform containing a list box, and copy the user's choice from that list box back into the document. See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/FormField_...rm_ListBox.htm for an illustration of this workaround and a sample download. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. BDankas wrote: I am creating a form letter in Word where the user fills in standard form fields (company name, address, etc.) and needs to choose one of three paragraphs to insert into the letter. I was thinking a a drop-down box would be the easiest excpet for the fact that the drop-down box only lets me put in approx. 10 words. My paragraphs are approx. 70 words. Is there a way to make the drop-down options longer? Or, is there a better way to do this? I am using Word 2007 |
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longer drop down box content?
Does the method you provide include a way to input more than 50 characters?
"Jay Freedman" wrote: A dropdown formfield has an absolute limit of 25 items and 50 characters per item. There is no way to increase those numbers. The workaround is to create a userform containing a list box, and copy the user's choice from that list box back into the document. See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/FormField_...rm_ListBox.htm for an illustration of this workaround and a sample download. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. BDankas wrote: I am creating a form letter in Word where the user fills in standard form fields (company name, address, etc.) and needs to choose one of three paragraphs to insert into the letter. I was thinking a a drop-down box would be the easiest excpet for the fact that the drop-down box only lets me put in approx. 10 words. My paragraphs are approx. 70 words. Is there a way to make the drop-down options longer? Or, is there a better way to do this? I am using Word 2007 . |
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longer drop down box content?
Does the method you provide include a way to input more than 50 characters?
"Jay Freedman" wrote: A dropdown formfield has an absolute limit of 25 items and 50 characters per item. There is no way to increase those numbers. The workaround is to create a userform containing a list box, and copy the user's choice from that list box back into the document. See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/FormField_...rm_ListBox.htm for an illustration of this workaround and a sample download. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. BDankas wrote: I am creating a form letter in Word where the user fills in standard form fields (company name, address, etc.) and needs to choose one of three paragraphs to insert into the letter. I was thinking a a drop-down box would be the easiest excpet for the fact that the drop-down box only lets me put in approx. 10 words. My paragraphs are approx. 70 words. Is there a way to make the drop-down options longer? Or, is there a better way to do this? I am using Word 2007 . |
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longer drop down box content?
Yes, it does. The list box or the combo box in a userform will accept
a large number of characters per entry. As an experiment, I've just made a list box with one entry that contains 104 words that total 590 characters, and it works. However, a list box or combo box will only display as many characters as will fit in the width you give to the box. Even if you're willing to make the box very wide, probably you could not see the whole entry. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:54:41 -0800, BDankas wrote: Does the method you provide include a way to input more than 50 characters? "Jay Freedman" wrote: A dropdown formfield has an absolute limit of 25 items and 50 characters per item. There is no way to increase those numbers. The workaround is to create a userform containing a list box, and copy the user's choice from that list box back into the document. See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/FormField_...rm_ListBox.htm for an illustration of this workaround and a sample download. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. BDankas wrote: I am creating a form letter in Word where the user fills in standard form fields (company name, address, etc.) and needs to choose one of three paragraphs to insert into the letter. I was thinking a a drop-down box would be the easiest excpet for the fact that the drop-down box only lets me put in approx. 10 words. My paragraphs are approx. 70 words. Is there a way to make the drop-down options longer? Or, is there a better way to do this? I am using Word 2007 . |
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longer drop down box content?
Yes, it does. The list box or the combo box in a userform will accept a large number of characters per entry. As an experiment, I've just made a list box with one entry that contains 104 words that total 590 characters, and it works. However, a list box or combo box will only display as many characters as will fit in the width you give to the box. Even if you're willing to make the box very wide, probably you could not see the whole entry. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:54:41 -0800, BDankas wrote: Does the method you provide include a way to input more than 50 characters? "Jay Freedman" wrote: A dropdown formfield has an absolute limit of 25 items and 50 characters per item. There is no way to increase those numbers. The workaround is to create a userform containing a list box, and copy the user's choice from that list box back into the document. See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/FormField_...rm_ListBox.htm for an illustration of this workaround and a sample download. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. BDankas wrote: I am creating a form letter in Word where the user fills in standard form fields (company name, address, etc.) and needs to choose one of three paragraphs to insert into the letter. I was thinking a a drop-down box would be the easiest excpet for the fact that the drop-down box only lets me put in approx. 10 words. My paragraphs are approx. 70 words. Is there a way to make the drop-down options longer? Or, is there a better way to do this? I am using Word 2007 . |
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