Can i put shapes into a drop down list to be used in a form

[Guest]

I'm building a form in word and i want the user to select different shapes.

 

[Graham Mayor]

You could probably do something along the lines of
http://www.gmayor.com/SelectFile.htm

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[Jay Freedman]

To answer the original question directly, there is no way to put
anything except text into a dropdown. You'll have to make do with a
description ("square", "circle", etc.) in the dropdown, and have the
shape appear elsewhere in the document.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But an AutoTextList field (in an unprotected section) could handle this; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm

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[Jay Freedman]

You still wouldn't see anything except the text (the name of the AutoText
entry) in the list -- the shape wouldn't appear until you select one. I
think the OP was expecting something like Word 2007's galleries, where you
look at all the pictures and pick the one that looks good. Form fields and
AutoTextList fields don't work that way.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, that's what I meant. Select Circle, and a circle AutoShape saved as
that AT entry would be inserted.

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