I have not found a way to place the list of diagnoses (long) into the drop
down list in options for a form field. Anyone know how to do this?

Hi Carol,

You need to add the items, one at a time, to a maximum of 25.

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"Carol" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:91F53AAB-D689-4011-A02D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have not found a way to place the list of diagnoses (long) into the drop
> down list in options for a form field. Anyone know how to do this?

The dropdown form field list cannot exceed 25 items.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Carol" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have not found a way to place the list of diagnoses (long) into the drop
> down list in options for a form field. Anyone know how to do this?
>

On Oct 28, 5:01*pm, Carol <Ca...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have not found a way to place the list of diagnoses (long) into the drop
> down list in options for a form field. Anyone know how to do this?

As other have already mentioned, if this long list is longer than 25
you will have a problem. Problem illustratated here:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Linked_DropDown_Fields.htm

Possible work a round here:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/FormField_...rm_ListBox.htm

Macropod,

For a normal static dropdown formfield I would agree that adding them
one at a time is a good way to go. Taking the trouble to automate
creating the entries compared to just filling them in would probably
be a wash.

However, one rather clunky way of getting aroung the 25 item list
limit is to link two dropdowns. For example if there are no more than
25 conditions starting with A or B or C, etc, Carol could create a
primary DD listing A-W and XYZ that would auto populate a secondary DD
with the conditions. Method described here:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Linked_DropDown_Fields.htm



On Oct 28, 5:44*pm, "macropod" <macro...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Hi Carol,
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> You need to add the items, one at a *time, to a maximum of 25.
>
> --
> Cheers
> macropod
> [Microsoft MVP - Word]
>
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