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Dropdown for Combobox
I have recreated a new form... I'm trying to add data to a combobox. How do
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With the form unlocked, right click the field and select properties. Add the
entries from that dialog. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: I have recreated a new form... I'm trying to add data to a combobox. How do I do that? |
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Thanks Graham, how once I have done that it places all of my items on a
single line and not a drop down. Do I need to change something else? "Graham Mayor" wrote: With the form unlocked, right click the field and select properties. Add the entries from that dialog. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: I have recreated a new form... I'm trying to add data to a combobox. How do I do that? |
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Assuming we are not talking cross purposes here - and that you have used the
dropdown box from the forms toolbar, then once you have entered the data, you lock the form and the items you have entered are available for selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: Thanks Graham, how once I have done that it places all of my items on a single line and not a drop down. Do I need to change something else? "Graham Mayor" wrote: With the form unlocked, right click the field and select properties. Add the entries from that dialog. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: I have recreated a new form... I'm trying to add data to a combobox. How do I do that? |
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I have a list of about 20 different items that my client(s) can choose from.
I want them to be able to click on the arrow and see their list of options. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Assuming we are not talking cross purposes here - and that you have used the dropdown box from the forms toolbar, then once you have entered the data, you lock the form and the items you have entered are available for selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: Thanks Graham, how once I have done that it places all of my items on a single line and not a drop down. Do I need to change something else? "Graham Mayor" wrote: With the form unlocked, right click the field and select properties. Add the entries from that dialog. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: I have recreated a new form... I'm trying to add data to a combobox. How do I do that? |
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That's what a dropdown form field does.!
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: I have a list of about 20 different items that my client(s) can choose from. I want them to be able to click on the arrow and see their list of options. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Assuming we are not talking cross purposes here - and that you have used the dropdown box from the forms toolbar, then once you have entered the data, you lock the form and the items you have entered are available for selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: Thanks Graham, how once I have done that it places all of my items on a single line and not a drop down. Do I need to change something else? "Graham Mayor" wrote: With the form unlocked, right click the field and select properties. Add the entries from that dialog. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: I have recreated a new form... I'm trying to add data to a combobox. How do I do that? |
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Did you add each item as a single entry? And, just to clarify, is this in
fact a Dropdown form field from the forms toolbar or a Combo Box from the Controls Toolbox? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "jdyon" wrote in message ... Thanks Graham, how once I have done that it places all of my items on a single line and not a drop down. Do I need to change something else? "Graham Mayor" wrote: With the form unlocked, right click the field and select properties. Add the entries from that dialog. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: I have recreated a new form... I'm trying to add data to a combobox. How do I do that? |
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I think that may be exactly the case. The term "combobox" indicates to me
that jdyon is using an ActiveX control from the Controls Toolbox. To load data into that kind of control, you need VBA (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...c_activeX.asp). If you don't already know about macros, don't go there. My advice in that case is to delete the combobox and use the dropdown from the Forms toolbar instead. -- 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. Graham Mayor wrote: Assuming we are not talking cross purposes here - and that you have used the dropdown box from the forms toolbar, then once you have entered the data, you lock the form and the items you have entered are available for selection. jdyon wrote: Thanks Graham, how once I have done that it places all of my items on a single line and not a drop down. Do I need to change something else? "Graham Mayor" wrote: With the form unlocked, right click the field and select properties. Add the entries from that dialog. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: I have recreated a new form... I'm trying to add data to a combobox. How do I do that? |
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Suzanne, yes this is a combobox. When you click on the arrow to the right it
should open the dropdown list. I'm unclear as to how to add this listed information. I tried using the dropdown form field and this doesn't look the way I need it to look. When using the dropdown form field it will allow me to add the items however oncee I have completed my list it looks like a grey line and not a combobox . "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you add each item as a single entry? And, just to clarify, is this in fact a Dropdown form field from the forms toolbar or a Combo Box from the Controls Toolbox? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "jdyon" wrote in message ... Thanks Graham, how once I have done that it places all of my items on a single line and not a drop down. Do I need to change something else? "Graham Mayor" wrote: With the form unlocked, right click the field and select properties. Add the entries from that dialog. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: I have recreated a new form... I'm trying to add data to a combobox. How do I do that? |
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A dropdown form field does not appear correctly until the document is
protected for forms. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "jdyon" wrote in message ... Suzanne, yes this is a combobox. When you click on the arrow to the right it should open the dropdown list. I'm unclear as to how to add this listed information. I tried using the dropdown form field and this doesn't look the way I need it to look. When using the dropdown form field it will allow me to add the items however oncee I have completed my list it looks like a grey line and not a combobox . "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you add each item as a single entry? And, just to clarify, is this in fact a Dropdown form field from the forms toolbar or a Combo Box from the Controls Toolbox? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "jdyon" wrote in message ... Thanks Graham, how once I have done that it places all of my items on a single line and not a drop down. Do I need to change something else? "Graham Mayor" wrote: With the form unlocked, right click the field and select properties. Add the entries from that dialog. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jdyon wrote: I have recreated a new form... I'm trying to add data to a combobox. How do I do that? |
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