how do i include >25 items in a Word drop-down menu?

[Guest]

I want to create an online form to be filled out electronically and printed
for submission. Problem is I have 2 drop down menus on which there are >25
options and the default only allows 25 options. I've tried consulting the
usual references but no luck.

 

[Tony Jollans]

AFAIK that is a hard coded limit that cannot be exceeded.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response. Follow-up question:

If I change this to a web form, do the options for drop-down menus change
there?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more
about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm.

You've run into an inherent limit in the drop-down formfield. You may need
to go with a UserForm (custom dialog box) to do what you want. This could be
an on-entry macro to a text form field or could replace / supplement your
entire form. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm and
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=127

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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[Tony Jollans]

I don't know much about web forms but, yes, they do.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306258 "How to create a
combo box that contains more than 25 items in Word 2002" and
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm .

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This can't be done with a dropdown list field (which is limited to 25
entries) but can be done with a combo box. See "How to create a combo box
that contains more than 25 items in Word 2002" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306258

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Thanks - I followed these instructions and got what I wanted. However, I
created a second combo box with a different set of options and when it runs
that macro, it keeps referring back to the first combo box. How do I change
the code so that it can be used for multiple combo boxes ?