Creating a dropdown list

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Guest

How can I create a dropdown list and have arrows to the side to enable people
to make their selections.

I created a dropdown list but I have to double click to get the dropdown
menu to make my selection and even at that, the new selection does not
automatically replace to old item on the list unless you move the new item up
to the top of the list. Is there a way to just select a word(s) from the
list and click OK and get the word you need on the form?


Jay

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

You must protect the document for forms before the dropdown list will
display an arrow and function properly. For more see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Jaywright said:
How can I create a dropdown list and have arrows to the side to enable people
to make their selections.

I created a dropdown list but I have to double click to get the dropdown
menu to make my selection and even at that, the new selection does not
automatically replace to old item on the list unless you move the new item up
to the top of the list. Is there a way to just select a word(s) from the
list and click OK and get the word you need on the form?


Jay

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...ba1792&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
 

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