G Guest Sep 6, 2007 #1 I want to increase the length of a field in a drop down feild on a form. Can this be don and how?
J Jay Freedman Sep 6, 2007 #2 On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 03:42:01 -0700, Rob woods <Rob I want to increase the length of a field in a drop down feild on a form. Can this be don and how? Click to expand... No, a dropdown form field is absolutely limited to 25 items of 50 characters each, and there is no way to change that. The alternative is to create a userform and put a combo box on it. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306258 and http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 03:42:01 -0700, Rob woods <Rob I want to increase the length of a field in a drop down feild on a form. Can this be don and how? Click to expand... No, a dropdown form field is absolutely limited to 25 items of 50 characters each, and there is no way to change that. The alternative is to create a userform and put a combo box on it. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306258 and http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
