Autofill form fields from dropdown menus in Word 2007

[themetapoet]

Hi

I've built a dropdown menu in my form and I'd like to autofill another field
with the value (not the display name) of whichever selection the user makes
on the dropdown menu. I can't find anything in help which tells me how to do
this and although I've found some references on other forums, I don't really
know anything about VBA so I'm finding it very hard to follow. Could anyone
break it down for me?

Thanks!!

 

[NAS]

Sounds like you are talking about Access. This newsgroup is about Microsoft
Word. Please repost your question in the appropriate newsgroup and I'm sure
they will be happy to help.

 

[themetapoet]

Thanks but my form fields are actually within a table in Word.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Don't use a second form field for the second occurrence. Instead use a REF
field to reference the bookmark assigned to the dropdown form field. Make
sure that "Calculate on exit" is checked in the Form Field Options for the
dropdown field. You can use Insert | Reference | Cross-reference to insert
the REF field, selecting "Bookmark" as the reference type and "Bookmark
text" under "Insert reference to."

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

 

[Graham Mayor]

Use a ref field to call the bookmark name of the dropdown field and check
the calculate on exit check box of the dropdown field properties. eg
{ Ref Dropdown1 \*charformat }
You will not need a macro unless the ref field is placed in the page header
or in a text box.

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[Graham Mayor]

Oops - I didn't see this branch of the thread before replying

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, if you didn't see it, the OP might not, either (one reason why I tend
to be wary of replying to the initial post after a long thread has
developed). I just hope the OP will see one or the other of our answers.

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